Processing the emotions in words: The complementary contributions of the left and right hemispheres

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-385

  Abbassi, Ensie ^a   Kahlaoui, Karima ^a   Wilson, Maximiliano A ^a   Joanette, Yves ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic controlled; Cerebral hemispheres; Emotional words; Time course

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; EMOTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 80051627292     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0034-1     Document Type: Article

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