Face cells: separate processing of expression and gaze in the amygdala.
A neuroimaging study in monkeys has shown that separate regions of the amygdala are responsive to facial expression and gaze/head orientation.
Calder
Andrew J
AJ
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK. andy.calder@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Nummenmaa
Lauri
L
D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005149:Facial Expression; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*