Hemispheric differences in the processing of attachment words

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-480

  Mohr, Christine ^a   Rowe, Angela C ^a   Crawford, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 42449131789     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701550110     Document Type: Article

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