Examining the sex difference in lateralisation for processing facial emotion: Does biological sex or psychological gender identity matter?

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1289-1294

  Bourne, Victoria J ^a   Maxwell, Adele M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological sex; Chimeric faces test; Emotion lateralisation; Hormonal exposure; Psychological gender identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949772496     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.12.032     Document Type: Article

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