Neural responses to facial expressions support the role of the amygdala in processing threat

Mattavelli, G.; Sormaz, M.; Flack, T.; Asghar, A.U.R.; Frey, J.; Manssuer, L.; Usten, D.; Young, A.W.; Andrews, T.J.

doi:10.1093/scan/nst162

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Responses in the right posterior superior temporal sulcus show a feature-based response to facial expression (2015)
Journal Article
Flack, T., Andrews, T., Hymers, M., Al-Mosaiwi, M., Marsden, S., Strachan, J., …Young, A. (2015). Responses in the right posterior superior temporal sulcus show a feature-based response to facial expression. Cortex, 69, 14-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2015.03.002

The face-selective region of the right posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) plays an important role in analysing facial expressions. However, it is less clear how facial expressions are represented in this region. In this study, we used the face... Read More about Responses in the right posterior superior temporal sulcus show a feature-based response to facial expression.

Neural responses to facial expressions support the role of the amygdala in processing threat (2013)
Journal Article
Mattavelli, G., Sormaz, M., Flack, T., Asghar, A., Frey, J., Manssuer, L., …Andrews, T. (2014). Neural responses to facial expressions support the role of the amygdala in processing threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(11), 1684-1689. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nst162

The amygdala is known to play an important role in the response to facial expressions that convey fear. However, it remains unclear whether the amygdala’s response to fear reflects its role in the interpretation of danger and threat, or whether it is... Read More about Neural responses to facial expressions support the role of the amygdala in processing threat.