What area of the brain is thought to be responsible for the recognition of emotional facial expressions, particularly the negative emotions like fear?

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Facial expressions of many emotions appear to be universal. Children as young as 6 months are even capable of discriminating these emotional expressions. What area of the brain is thought to be responsible for the recognition of emotional facial expressions, particularly the negative emotions like fear?
A ) the hypothalamus
B ) the amygdala
C ) the occipital lobe
D ) the hippocampus
E ) the thalamus