Hyperactivation was found to be related to affective flattening.

Amygdala hyperresponsivity to masked fearful faces might be a specific characteristic of patients with affective flattening.

Conversely, amygdala response to unmasked fearful faces was negatively correlated to the severity of affective flattening.

* Shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity.

We know how to read body language, and flat affect, and mood swings.

Furthermore, this exaggerated activation to fearful faces correlated with severity of flat affect.

A model of flat affect as a response mechanism to emotional overload is proposed.

But that flat affect and supreme dispassion-like ,we'retalking AI-levelgreater good stuff-scaresme.

This finding suggests that flat affect in schizophrenia relates to overstimulation of the limbic system.

Results: A significantly larger proportion of patients with FTLD showed behavioral abnormalities, particularly social and personal conduct disorders and emotional blunting, than patients with AD.

Emotional withdrawal, but not blunted affect was significant and negatively associated, and depression positively associated with suicide behaviour.

Inappropriate and constricted affect;