Eyes Wide Shut: Amygdala Mediates Eyes-Closed Effect on Emotional Experience with Music

Yulia Lerner; David Papo; Andrey Zhdanov; Libi Belozersky; Talma Hendler

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006230

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Eyes Wide Shut: Amygdala Mediates Eyes-Closed Effect on Emotional Experience with Music

Yulia Lerner,

Affiliations New York University, Center for Neural Science, New York, New York, United States of America, Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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David Papo,

Affiliation Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Andrey Zhdanov,

Affiliation Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Libi Belozersky,

Affiliation Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Talma Hendler

* E-mail: talma@tasmc.health.gov.il

Affiliations Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Eyes Wide Shut: Amygdala Mediates Eyes-Closed Effect on Emotional Experience with Music

Yulia Lerner,
David Papo,
Andrey Zhdanov,
Libi Belozersky,
Talma Hendler

Published: July 15, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006230

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