Gender differences in the relationship between emotional intelligence and right hemisphere lateralization for facial processing

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-67

  Castro Schilo, Laura ^a   Kee, Daniel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Gender differences; Laterality; Right hemisphere dominance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952546122     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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