Behavioral data suggest that fear stimuli automatically activate fear and capture attention.
This effect is likely to be mediated by a subcortical brain network centered on the amygdala …

The amygdala's historical role in processing stimuli related to threat and fear is being
modified to suggest a role that is broader and more abstract. Amygdala lesions impair the …

Although clinical observations suggest that humans with amygdala damage have abnormal
fear reactions and a reduced experience of fear [1–3], these impressions have not been …

Converging evidence now indicates that the amygdala plays a crucial role in the
development and expression of conditioned fear. Conditioned fear is a hypothetical …

We examined the neural substrates involved when subjects encountered an event linked
verbally, but not experientially, to an aversive outcome. This instructed fear task models a …

Findings from fear-conditioning studies in rats and functional neuroimaging with human
volunteers have led to the suggestion that the amygdala is involved in the preattentive …

Debate continues as to the automaticity of the amygdala's response to threat. Accounts
taking a strong automaticity line suggest that the amygdala's response to threat is both …

Responses to threat-related stimuli are influenced by conscious and unconscious
processes, but the neural systems underlying these processes and their relationship to …

< jats: title> Abstract</jats: title>< jats: p> Evidence from many different laboratories using a
variety of experimental techniques and animal species indicates that the amygdala plays a …

A fast, subcortical pathway to the amygdala is thought to have evolved to enable rapid
detection of threat. This pathway's existence is fundamental for understanding nonconscious …