Hemispheric asymmetry in the processing of emotional content in word meanings: The effect of current and past depression

Brain and Language

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-119

  Atchley, Ruth Ann ^a   Ilardi, Stephen S ^a   Enloe, Aubrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0037285422     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(02)00523-0     Document Type: Article

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