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Nature 433, 22-23 (6 January 2005) | doi:10.1038/433022a; Published online 5 January 2005
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Postdoctoral Research in Functional Genomics
- Harvard School of Public Health, computer science, biology, bioinformatics,
- Boston, MA
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- Bangalore 560 099 India
Cognitive science: Staring fear in the face
Patrik Vuilleumier1
Abstract
The unusual case of SM, a person who has a very specific deficit in recognizing fearful expressions on people's faces, is providing intriguing insights into how we perceive emotion.
Charles Darwin thought that the ability of humans to display and perceive emotional states on a face evolved to convey non-verbal signals rapidly1. If an individual's expression could communicate a potential threat, for example, his neighbours would be able to respond quickly and direct their attention to the source of the danger.
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Patrik Vuilleumier is in the Laboratory for Behavioural Neurology and Imaging of Cognition, Clinic of Neurology and Department of Neurosciences, University Medical Center, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211
Geneva 4, Switzerland.
e-mail: Email: patrik.vuilleumier@medecine.unige.ch
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