Table 7.

Replicability of previous developmental findings in amygdala activity and connectivity underlying face emotion perception

StudyFindingsReplicability
Amygdala activityAmygdala connectivity
Gee et al. (2013)Amygdala activity decreased with age; amygdala-vmPFC connectivity decreased with ageNoNo
Kujawa et al. (2016)No age-related effect in amygdala activity; amygdala-dACC connectivity decreased with age in TD but increased with age in AD for all emotionsPartially yesNo
Wu et al. (2016)No age-related effect in amygdala activity; amygdala-ACC/mPFC connectivity decreased with age for all emotionsPartially yesNo