The motor side of emotions: Investigating the relationship between hemispheres, motor reactions and emotional stimuli

Psychological Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-316

  Önal Hartmann, Cigdem ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a   Ocklenburg, Sebastian ^b   Güntürkün, Onur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859732562     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0337-4     Document Type: Article

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