Right hemisphere dominance for emotion processing in baboons

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-169

  Wallez, Catherine ^a   Vauclair, Jacques ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Copulation call; Emotions; Eyebrow raising; Hemispheric specialization; Laterality; Lip smacking; Olive baboons; Oro facial asymmetries; Screeching; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PAPIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 79151475721     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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