BOO!
The topic field is far too short but... we
have much larger fish to fry. On second
thought, if I'd just quoted the below, the
above would not be a problem.


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Amygdala and Facial Expression of
Emotion (Adolphs et al., 1994)
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* Importance of the amygdala in the
expression of emotion
* Importance of the amygdala in the
recognition of emotional expression.
* Since Darwin, facial expressions reflect
specific emotional states
* Recently a patient with a very rare
neurological condition known as
Urbach-Wiethe disease which involved a
nearly complete bilateral destruction of
the amygdala while sparing the
hippocampus and all neocortical
structures was described.
* Compared with brain damage control
patients in her ability to recognize basic
emotional facial expressions.
* Dramatic difference in ability to
recognize expressions of fear.
* She correctly identified all photographs
of familiar faces and easily learned to
recognize new faces.
* Thus facial identity and facial affect are
mediated by different neuronal systems
and the human amygdala appears to play
a very specific role in recognition of fear.

fascinating...
the monkeywrench