Culture but not gender modulates amygdala activation during explicit emotion recognition

Culture but not gender modulates amygdala activation during explicit emotion recognition

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mounting evidence indicates that humans have significant difficulties in understanding emotional expressions from individuals of different ethnic backgrounds, leading to reduced recognition accuracy and stronger amygdala activation....

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Main Authors: Derntl Birgit, Habel Ute, Robinson Simon, Windischberger Christian, Kryspin-Exner Ilse, Gur Ruben C, Moser Ewald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Subjects:
Culture
Gender
Emotion
Amygdala
fMRI
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/13/54

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