Izelle Labuschagne, Juan F Dominguez, Sally Grace, Simone Mizzi, Julie D Henry, Craig Peters, Christine A Rabinak, Erin Sinclair, Valentina Lorenzetti, Gill Terrett, Peter G Rendell, Mangor Pedersen, Darren R Hocking, Markus Heinrichs
The amygdala is important for human fear processing. However, recent research has failed to reveal specificity, with evidence that the amygdala also responds to other emotions. A more nuanced understanding of the amygdala's role in emotion processing, particularly relating to fear, is needed given the importance of effective emotional functioning for everyday function and mental health. We studied 86 healthy participants (44 females), aged 18-49 (mean 26.12 ± 6.6) years, who underwent multiband functional magnetic resonance imaging...
April 2024: Human Brain Mapping