The relationship between amygdala activation and passive exposure time to an aversive cue during a continuous performance task.

The allocation of attention modulates negative emotional processing in the amygdala. However, the role of passive exposure time to emotional signals in the modulation of amygdala activity during active task performance has not been examined. In two functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) experi...

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Main Authors: Irina A Strigo, Alan N Simmons, Scott C Matthews, Arthur D Bud Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2993966?pdf=render