Vocal emotions influence verbal memory: Neural correlates and interindividual differences

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-93

  Schirmer, Annett ^a   Chen, Ce Belle ^a   Ching, April ^a   Tan, Ling ^a   Hong, Ryan Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Affective; Brain; Gender differences; Hormone; Neuroimaging; Oxytocin; Prosody; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

EID: 84873812055     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0132-8     Document Type: Article

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