Gender differences in the processing of standardized emotional visual stimuli in humans: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-45

  Wrase, Jana ^a   Klein, Sabine ^b   Gruesser, Sabine M ^c   Hermann, Derik ^b   Flor, Herta ^b   Mann, Karl ^b   Braus, Dieter F ^b   Heinz, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gender differences; International Affective Picture System; Pictures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0042885988     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00565-2     Document Type: Article

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