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 …

We have previously reported that bilateral amygdala damage in humans compromises the
recognition of fear in facial expressions while leaving intact recognition of face identity …

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 is thought to process fear-related stimuli rapidly and nonconsciously. We
found that an individual with complete bilateral amygdala lesions, who cannot recognize …

Background: The amygdala plays a central role in the human response to affective or
emotionally charged stimuli, particularly fear-producing stimuli. We examined the specificity …

Fearfulfacial expressions evoke increased neural responses in human amygdala. We used
event-related fMRI to investigate whether eye or mouth components of a fearful face are …

The present study examined whether automaticity, defined here as independence from
attentional modulation, is a fundamental principle of the neural systems specialized for …

Localized amygdalar lesions in humans produce deficits in the recognition of fearful facial
expressions. We used functional neuroimaging to test two hypotheses:(i) that the amygdala …

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in the neural basis of emotion. Much
of this enthusiasm has been triggered by studies of the amygdala and its contribution to fear …

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 …