The fMRI scans revealed significantly higher levels of activation in the amygdala, which controls emotion and motivation, in the brains of the male subjects compared to the females, despite the fact that both males and females expressed
similar subjective assessments of their levels of arousal after viewing the images.
The NSHAP is a rich source of data on the lives of older adults that includes
assessments of several aspects of marital and
similar partnered relationships,
subjective and objective dimensions of visual function, and multiple dimensions of quality of life.