Amygdala damage impairs emotion recognition from scenes only when they contain facial expressions.

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Published in Neuropsychologia on January 01, 2003

Authors

Ralph Adolphs1, Daniel Tranel

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, University Hospitals and Clinics, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. ralph-adolphs@uiowa.edu

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