The sad, the angry, and the asymmetrical brain: Dichotic Listening studies of negative affect and depression

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 294-299

  Gadea, Marien ^a   Espert, Raul ^a   Salvador, Alicia ^a   Martí Bonmatí, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anger; Asymmetrical brain activity; Dichotic listening; Emotion; Negative affect; Sadness

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EMOTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSODY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SADNESS;

AFFECT; ANGER; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS;

EID: 79955959566     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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