Figure 2.

Task‐evoked amygdala activation is related to feelings of arousal. (A) More intense feelings of arousal correlated with greater task‐evoked amygdala activation, r = 0.46, p < 0.05. The task‐evoked left amygdala activation (percent signal change in response to high arousal negative novel images versus fixation) (x axis) is plotted against mean arousal rating while viewing high arousal negative images (y axis). The subjects with the highest and the lowest mean arousal rating while viewing high arousal negative images are highlighted with a red and a blue arrow, respectively; (B) BOLD time course data for these two individuals is shown for the left amygdala activation from the stimulus onset to 16 s post‐stimulus. [Color figure can be viewed in the online issue, which is available at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com.]