Gender differences in the sensitivity to negative stimuli: Cross-modal affective priming study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-80

  Gohier, B ^a   Senior, C ^b   Brittain, P J ^c   Lounes, N ^c   El Hage, W ^d   Law, V ^c   Phillips, M L ^e,f   Surguladze, S A ^c,g  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Cygnet Health Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross modal; Emotion; Gender; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84873522668     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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