Perception of emotional prosody: Moving toward a model that incorporates sex-related differences

Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-102

  Everhart, D Erik ^a   Demaree, Heath A ^b   Shipley, Amy J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Asymmetry; Brain; Emotion; Lateralization; Neuropsychology; Prosody

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

COGNITION; EMOTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745526820     PISSN: 15345823     EISSN: 15524159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534582306289665     Document Type: Review

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