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  • Title: Differential amygdala activation to negative and positive emotional pictures during an indirect task.
    Author: Straube T, Pohlack S, Mentzel HJ, Miltner WH.
    Journal: Behav Brain Res; 2008 Aug 22; 191(2):285-8. PubMed ID: 18466987.
    Abstract:
    The role of the amygdala for the processing of valence and arousal is a matter of debate. Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging, we tested valence-specific amygdala effects during attentional distraction. Subjects attended to a matching task in the foreground of neutral pictures, and of negative and positive pictures matched for arousal. Negative pictures elicited stronger amygdala activation than neutral or positive pictures, suggesting valence-specific amygdala responses under attentional load.
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