Neural processing of emotional faces requires attention - PubMed (original) (raw)

Fig 2.

Attention and valence effects in the amygdala. (A) Arrows point to the amygdala. Attended faces compared with unattended faces evoked significantly greater activations for all facial expressions. The level of the coronal section is indicated on the small whole-brain inset. L, left; R, right. (B) Estimated responses for the left and right amygdala ROIs as a function of attention and valence. FA, fearful attended; FU, fearful unattended; HA, happy attended; HU, happy unattended; NA, neutral attended; NU, neutral unattended. Coordinates (x, y, z) for peak sites in the amygdala were: neutral, left, −20, −8, −9, right, 21, −4, −10; fearful, left, −18, −6, −10, right, 20, −5, −9; happy, left, −18, −5, −9, right, 21, −5, −9.