ERP Evidence for a Sex-Specific Stroop Effect in Emotional Speech

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1135-1148

  Schirmer, Annett ^a   Kotz, Sonja A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STIMULUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0345687390     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892903322598102     Document Type: Article

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