Men appear more lateralized when noticing emotion in male faces

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-179

  Rahman, Qazi ^a   Anchassi, Tarek ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; Chimeric Faces Test; Facial emotion; Hemispheric specialization; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANGER; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREAT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864371167     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024416     Document Type: Article

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