Journal article
Cross-modal associations and the human amygdala
Neuropsychologia, Vol.31(8), pp.727-744
1993
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(93)90125-J
PMID: 8413897
Abstract
The role of the human amygdala in cross-modal associations was investigated in two subjects: SM-046, who had bilateral damage circumscribed to the amygdala; and the patient known as Boswell, whose damage in both temporal lobes includes the amygdala and surrounding cortices. Neither subject was impaired on Tactile-Visual or Visual-Tactile cross-modal tasks using the Arc-Circle test [32], suggesting that the amygdala is not involved in cross-modal associations involving perceptually “equivalent” basic stimulus properties. On the other hand, the results are compatible with the amygdala's involvement in higher-order associations between exteroceptive sensory data and interoceptive data concerned with correlated somatic states.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Cross-modal associations and the human amygdala
- Creators
- Frederick K.D Nahm - Neurosciences Group, University of California, San Diego, CA, U.S.ADaniel Tranel - The Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, U.S.AHanna Damasio - The Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, U.S.AAntonio R Damasio - The Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Neuropsychologia, Vol.31(8), pp.727-744
- DOI
- 10.1016/0028-3932(93)90125-J
- PMID
- 8413897
- NLM abbreviation
- Neuropsychologia
- ISSN
- 0028-3932
- eISSN
- 1873-3514
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1993
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002432602771
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