Hemispheric processing of differently valenced and self-relevant attachment words in middle-aged married and separated individuals

Laterality

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-485

  Fussell, Nicola J ^a   Rowe, Angela C ^a   Mohr, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Ageing; Emotion processing; Hemispheric asymmetry; Laterality; Self relevance; Valence hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; EGO; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIVORCE; EGO; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84862274811     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2010.506690     Document Type: Article

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