1. What is damaged in patient S.M.? Patient S.M suffered damage to her bilateral area of the amygdala.
What did previous research with patient S.M.demonstrate about her impairments? That the damage to the amygdala resulted in an inability to recognize fear from facial expressions, but scientists were unaware of why or how the damage had caused this reaction in the patient.
2. What did the current study (i.e. the one you are reading) demonstrate about patient S.M.? What is the precise nature of her impairment? We now know the impairment was due to the patient’s inability to use normal information about the eye region of faces when she was judging emotions. We learned she was failing to look at the eye region for cues. She was failing
What did previous research with patient S.M.demonstrate about her impairments? That the damage to the amygdala resulted in an inability to recognize fear from facial expressions, but scientists were unaware of why or how the damage had caused this reaction in the patient.
2. What did the current study (i.e. the one you are reading) demonstrate about patient S.M.? What is the precise nature of her impairment? We now know the impairment was due to the patient’s inability to use normal information about the eye region of faces when she was judging emotions. We learned she was failing to look at the eye region for cues. She was failing