Emotion lateralisation: Developments throughout the lifespan

Laterality

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-411

  Watling, Dawn ^a   Workman, Lance ^b   Bourne, Victoria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition; Hemispheric lateralisation; Lifespan approach; Neuropsychological developments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; EVOLUTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84862301730     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2012.682160     Document Type: Editorial

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