Sex, beauty and the orbitofrontal cortex

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-185

  Ishai, Alumit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Face perception; fMRI; Medial orbitofrontal cortex; Sexual preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EMOTION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846206089     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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