Valence specific laterality effects in free viewing conditions: The role of expectancy and gender of image

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-331

  Stafford, Lorenzo D ^a   Brandaro, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Asymmetry; Expectancy; Facial emotion; Gender; Hemisphere; Lateralisation; Valence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049445850     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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