 | THE AMYGDALA IN BRAIN FUNCTION: Basic and Clinical Approaches
Copyright © 2003 by the New York Academy of Sciences
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 985:326-340 (2003)
© 2003 New York Academy of Sciences
Is the Human Amygdala Specialized for Processing Social Information?
RALPH ADOLPHS
Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Address for correspondence: Ralph Adolphs, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Voice: 319-353-8610; fax: 319-353-6277.
ralph-adolphs{at}uiowa.edu
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 985: 326-340 (2003).
A number of studies in humans and other animals has confirmed the amygdala's role in modulating cognition and behavior on the basis of a stimulus' motivational, emotional, and social atttributes. This raises the question of how these attributes are related: is social information processing reducible to motivational processing? Some recent data suggest the possibility that the amygdala's primitive function may be motivational processing that is domain-general, but that its function in primates, and especially humans, may have evolved to process social information specifically. While the issue is unresolved, future experiments could provide additional support.
Key Words: amygdala • emotion • social cognition • facial expression • reduction
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