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| Title |
Impaired recognition of emotion in facial expressions following bilateral damage to the human amygdala
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| Published in |
Nature, December 1994
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| DOI | 10.1038/372669a0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
R. Adolphs, D. Tranel, H. Damasio, A. Damasio |
| Abstract |
Studies in animals have shown that the amygdala receives highly processed visual input, contains neurons that respond selectively to faces, and that it participates in emotion and social behaviour. Although studies in epileptic patients support its role in emotion, determination of the amygdala's function in humans has been hampered by the rarity of patients with selective amygdala lesions. Here, with the help of one such rare patient, we report findings that suggest the human amygdala may be indispensable to: (1) recognize fear in facial expressions; (2) recognize multiple emotions in a single facial expression; but (3) is not required to recognize personal identity from faces. These results suggest that damage restricted to the amygdala causes very specific recognition impairments, and thus constrains the broad notion that the amygdala is involved in emotion. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,169 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 2% |
| Canada | 5 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 4 | <1% |
| France | 4 | <1% |
| Germany | 4 | <1% |
| Japan | 4 | <1% |
| Italy | 3 | <1% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 17 | 1% |
| Unknown | 1097 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 226 | 19% |
| Researcher | 181 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 168 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 155 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 69 | 6% |
| Other | 211 | 18% |
| Unknown | 159 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 417 | 36% |
| Neuroscience | 206 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 124 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 84 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 31 | 3% |
| Other | 103 | 9% |
| Unknown | 204 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 138. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 January 2024.
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