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Neural Responses to Rapid Facial Expressions of Fear and Surprise

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, May 2017
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Title
Neural Responses to Rapid Facial Expressions of Fear and Surprise
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Frontiers in Psychology, May 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00761
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Authors

Ke Zhao, Jia Zhao, Ming Zhang, Qian Cui, Xiaolan Fu

Abstract

Facial expression recognition is mediated by a distributed neural system in humans that involves multiple, bilateral regions. There are six basic facial expressions that may be recognized in humans (fear, sadness, surprise, happiness, anger, and disgust); however, fearful faces and surprised faces are easily confused in rapid presentation. The functional organization of the facial expression recognition system embodies a distinction between these two emotions, which is investigated in the present study. A core system that includes the right parahippocampal gyrus (BA 30), fusiform gyrus, and amygdala mediates the visual recognition of fear and surprise. We found that fearful faces evoked greater activity in the left precuneus, middle temporal gyrus (MTG), middle frontal gyrus, and right lingual gyrus, whereas surprised faces were associated with greater activity in the right postcentral gyrus and left posterior insula. These findings indicate the importance of common and separate mechanisms of the neural activation that underlies the recognition of fearful and surprised faces.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Unknown 64 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 20%
Researcher 9 14%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Student > Master 4 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Other 9 14%
Unknown 23 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 20 31%
Neuroscience 5 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Other 6 9%
Unknown 26 40%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 June 2017.
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#3,110,432
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#54,704
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#164
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