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Interaction between trait anxiety and trait anger predict amygdala reactivity to angry facial expressions in men but not women.

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Carré, JM; Fisher, PM; Manuck, SB; Hariri, AR
Published in: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
February 2012

The amygdala is critically involved in mediating physiological and behavioral responses to threat. In particular, neuroimaging research indicates that the amygdala is highly responsive to facial signals of threat such as fearful and angry expressions. However, individuals differ substantially in both their relative sensitivity to threat and the magnitude of amygdala reactivity to facial signals of threat. Here, we report the novel finding that individual differences in trait anger are positively correlated with bilateral dorsal amygdala reactivity to angry facial expressions, but only among men with elevated trait anxiety scores. These findings add to the growing body of evidence indicating that variability in personality traits contribute to individual differences in threat-related amygdala reactivity and further suggest that heightened amygdala reactivity to angry faces may be uniquely involved in the expression of reactive aggression in men.

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Social cognitive and affective neuroscience

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EISSN

1749-5024

ISSN

1749-5016

Publication Date

February 2012

Volume

7

Issue

2

Start / End Page

213 / 221

Related Subject Headings

  • Neuroimaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Individuality
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Facial Expression
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Emotions
  • Brain
 

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Carré, J. M., Fisher, P. M., Manuck, S. B., & Hariri, A. R. (2012). Interaction between trait anxiety and trait anger predict amygdala reactivity to angry facial expressions in men but not women. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7(2), 213–221. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsq101
Carré, Justin M., Patrick M. Fisher, Stephen B. Manuck, and Ahmad R. Hariri. “Interaction between trait anxiety and trait anger predict amygdala reactivity to angry facial expressions in men but not women.Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 7, no. 2 (February 2012): 213–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsq101.
Carré JM, Fisher PM, Manuck SB, Hariri AR. Interaction between trait anxiety and trait anger predict amygdala reactivity to angry facial expressions in men but not women. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. 2012 Feb;7(2):213–21.
Carré, Justin M., et al. “Interaction between trait anxiety and trait anger predict amygdala reactivity to angry facial expressions in men but not women.Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 7, no. 2, Feb. 2012, pp. 213–21. Epmc, doi:10.1093/scan/nsq101.
Carré JM, Fisher PM, Manuck SB, Hariri AR. Interaction between trait anxiety and trait anger predict amygdala reactivity to angry facial expressions in men but not women. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. 2012 Feb;7(2):213–221.
Journal cover image

Published In

Social cognitive and affective neuroscience

DOI

EISSN

1749-5024

ISSN

1749-5016

Publication Date

February 2012

Volume

7

Issue

2

Start / End Page

213 / 221

Related Subject Headings

  • Neuroimaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Individuality
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Facial Expression
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Emotions
  • Brain