Hemispheric dominance for emotions, empathy and social behaviour: Evidence from right and left handers with frontotemporal dementia

Neurocase

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-160

  Perry, R J ^a   Rosen, H R ^a   Kramer, J H ^a   Beer, J S ^b   Levenson, R L ^b   Miller, B L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobe; Emotion; Empathy; Frontotemporal dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; RELIABILITY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035006759     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/7.2.145     Document Type: Article

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