A valence-specific lateral bias for discriminating emotional facial expressions in free field

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-353

  Jansari, Ashok ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034041262     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026999300378860     Document Type: Article

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