Investigating hemispheric specialization in a novel face-word stroop task

Brain and Language

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 136-141

  Anes, Michael D ^a   Kruer, Jessica L ^a  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional expression; Face processing; Hemispheric specialization; Stroop tasks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1542328885     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00311-0     Document Type: Article

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