OBJECTIVE: To examine further the role of the amygdala in the recognition of facial expression in adolescents. METHOD: Twelve healthy adolescents were studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology during a task of facial affect recognition and a visual control task. RESULTS: All subjects demonstrated a significant increase in signal intensity in the amygdala for the facial expression recognition task. CONCLUSIONS: The data are consistent with previous work in healthy adult subjects implicating the amygdala as essential for the recognition of fearful facial expression.
OBJECTIVE: To examine further the role of the amygdala in the recognition of facial expression in adolescents. METHOD: Twelve healthy adolescents were studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology during a task of facial affect recognition and a visual control task. RESULTS: All subjects demonstrated a significant increase in signal intensity in the amygdala for the facial expression recognition task. CONCLUSIONS: The data are consistent with previous work in healthy adult subjects implicating the amygdala as essential for the recognition of fearful facial expression.
Authors: Rosalind D Butterfield; Jennifer S Silk; Kyung Hwa Lee; Greg S Siegle; Ronald E Dahl; Erika E Forbes; Neal D Ryan; Jill M Hooley; Cecile D Ladouceur Journal: Dev Psychopathol Date: 2021-02