Facial expressions are more easily produced on the upper-lower compared to the right-left hemiface

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-165

  Ross, Elliott D ^a,b   Reddy, Adhikari L ^a   Nair, Ambika ^a   Mikawa, Kevin ^a   Prodan, Calin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE;

EID: 34247482296     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.1.155-165     Document Type: Article

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