Many emotional stimuli are processed without being consciously perceived. Recent
evidence indicates that subcortical structures have a substantial role in this processing …

A subcortical pathway through the superior colliculus and pulvinar to the amygdala is
commonly assumed to mediate the non-conscious processing of affective visual stimuli. We …

The ability of animals to respond to life-threatening stimuli is essential for survival. Although
vision provides one of the major sensory inputs for detecting threats across animal species …

Abstract Johnson and Morton (1991. Biology and Cognitive Development: The Case of Face
Recognition. Blackwell, Oxford) used Gabriel Horn's work on the filial imprinting model to …

The amygdala is a fascinating, complex structure that lies at the center of much of our current
thinking about emotion. Here, I will review data that suggest that the amygdala is involved in …

Current hypotheses that use visually guided reaching and gras** to explain orbital
convergence, visual specialization, and brain expansion in primates are open to question …

Snakes and their relationships with humans and other primates have attracted broad
attention from multiple fields of study, but not, surprisingly, from neuroscience, despite the …

We review the evidence implicating the amygdala as a critical component of a neural
network of social cognition, drawing especially on research involving the processing of faces …

I disturbi di paura e ansia rappresentano un problema psichiatrico molto diffuso ma anche
chi è considerato mentalmente e fisicamente sano può soffrire temporaneamente di terrori e …

The second edition of this comprehensive textbook for students of Neuropsychology gives a
thorough overview of the complex relationship between brain and behaviour. With an …