Levainathan t1_j8havvf wrote on February 14, 2023 at 8:23 AM

Reply to comment by Wagamaga in The brain can rapidly detect and process fearful faces that are otherwise invisible to the eye. There appears to be a neural pathway for detection of fear, which operates automatically, outside of conscious awareness. by Wagamaga

Isnt this already well established that the amygdala is the one at work?

TheDefterus t1_j8htkrh wrote on February 14, 2023 at 12:34 PM

I mean, that's why they looked there. We know it has to do with fear response. We didn't know that it does visual processing that the other mentioned regions don't.