Asymmetric bias in perception of facial affect among Roman and Arabic script readers

Laterality

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-64

  Heath, Robin L ^a   Rouhana, Aida ^a   Ghanem, Dana Abi ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARAB WORLD; BRAIN; CULTURE; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; PREJUDICE; READING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 12744274982     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500342000293     Document Type: Article

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