Similarities and differences in perceiving threat from dynamic faces and bodies. An fMRI study

►The amygdala was more active for facial than for bodily expressions. ►Body stimuli triggered higher activation in the cuneus, fusiform gyrus, extrastriate body area, temporoparietal junction, superior parietal lobule, primary somatosensory cortex, and thalamus. Emotion specific effects were found for TPJ and FG for bodies and faces alike. ►EBA and STS were more activated by threatening bodies.