Functional asymmetry and interhemispheric cooperation in the perception of emotions from facial expressions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-404

  Tamietto, Marco ^a   Corazzini, Luca Latini ^a   De Gelder, Beatrice ^b,c   Geminiani, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral gain; Emotion; Face perception; Hemispheric asymmetry; Interhemispheric interaction; Redundant target effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646876645     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0279-4     Document Type: Article

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