Multivariate fMRI pattern analysis of fear perception across modalities

• Published in: The European journal of neuroscience Vol. 49; no. 12; pp. 1552 - 1563
• Main Authors: Whitehead, Jocelyne C., Armony, Jorge L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Amygdala; Brain mapping; cross‐modality; emotion perception; Fear; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Multivariate analysis; multi‐voxel pattern analysis; Neuroimaging; Perception; Young adults; emotion perception; multi-voxel pattern analysis; cross-modality; functional magnetic resonance imaging

The emotional expression of fear can be processed through a number of modalities, and of varying forms, however, much of the functional imaging literature has centered on investigating fear as expressed through faces. Findings point to an active involvement of the amygdala, and remain fairly consist...