Sex-differential brain activation during exposure to female and male faces

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-238

  Fischer, Håkan ^a   Sandblom, Johan ^b   Herlitz, Agneta ^a   Fransson, Peter ^b   Wright, Christopher I ^c   Bäckman, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterior temporal cortex; fMRI; Functional imaging; Human; Person perception; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 1542380104     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200402090-00004     Document Type: Article

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