The valence-specific laterality effect in free viewing conditions: The influence of sex, handedness, and response bias

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 452-463

  Rodway, Paul ^a   Wright, Lynn ^a   Hardie, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handedness; Hemisphere; Laterality; Response bias; Sex; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0344011108     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00217-3     Document Type: Article

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