Are angry male and female faces represented in opposite hemispheres of the female brain? A study using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-197

  Brüne, Martin ^a,b,c   Bahramali, Homayoun ^a,b   Hennessy, Maria ^d   Snyder, Allan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial expressions of emotions; Hemispheric specialization; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Sex differences; Superior temporal sulcus; Threat recognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33745267058     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635206001100     Document Type: Article

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