Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence of a right hemisphere bias for the influence of negative emotion on higher cognition

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 518-529

  Simon Thomas, Emiliana R ^a   Role, Kemi O ^a   Knight, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 14944347403     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929053279504     Document Type: Article

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