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- Title
Personal space regulation by the human amygdala.
- Authors
Kennedy, Daniel P; Gläscher, Jan; Tyszka, J Michael; Adolphs, Ralph
- Abstract
The amygdala plays key roles in emotion and social cognition, but how this translates to face-to-face interactions involving real people remains unknown. We found that an individual with complete amygdala lesions lacked any sense of personal space. Furthermore, healthy individuals showed amygdala activation upon close personal proximity. The amygdala may be required to trigger the strong emotional reactions normally following personal space violations, thus regulating interpersonal distance in humans.
- Publication
Nature neuroscience, 2009, Vol 12, Issue 10, p1226
- ISSN
1546-1726
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn.2381