Valence effects. Stronger responses to fearful- relative to neutral-face distractors were observed in the amygdala during early trials for the (A) baseline (B) attentional load, and (C, left) salience conditions; for the latter condition, fusiform gyrus activity was also observed (C, right). During late trials, stronger responses to fearful- relative to neutral-face distractors were observed in the left amygdala for the attentional load condition (D). See Methods for contrast abbreviations.