Brain and face: Communicating signals of health in the left and right sides of the face

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 240-244

  Reis, V A ^a   Zaidel, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; FACE; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035370281     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(01)80075-0     Document Type: Article

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