No trust on the left side: Hemifacial asymmetries for trustworthiness and emotional expressions

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-186

  Okubo, Matia ^a   Ishikawa, Kenta ^a   Kobayashi, Akihiro ^a  

^a SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial expression; Hemifacial asymmetry; The right hemisphere; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DECEPTION; EMOTION; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUST;

ADULT; DECEPTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRUST;

EID: 84877831909     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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