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Un mecanismo para el deterioro del reconocimiento del miedo después del daño de la amígdala
Ralph Adolphs1, Frederic Gosselin, Tony W Buchanan
1Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. radolphs@hss.caltech.edu
Nature
|January 7, 2005
Resumen
El paciente SM, con daño de la amígdala, no puede reconocer el miedo de las caras debido a no mirar a los ojos. Mirar explícitamente a los ojos restaura el reconocimiento del miedo, revelando el papel de la amígdala en el procesamiento de las emociones faciales.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- Psicología Cognitiva Psicología cognitiva.
- Neurología Neurología.
Sus antecedentes:
- El papel de la amígdala en el procesamiento de las emociones faciales, particularmente el miedo, está bien establecido a través de estudios de lesiones e imágenes.
- Investigaciones anteriores destacaron un déficit en el reconocimiento del miedo en pacientes con EM con daño bilateral de la amígdala.
- El mecanismo preciso que vincula el daño de la amígdala con el deterioro del reconocimiento del miedo sigue sin estar claro.
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