Continuities in emotion lateralization in human and non-human primates

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Lindell, Annukka K ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Baboon; Chimpanzee; Expression; Face; Hemisphere; Macaque; Perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHIMPANZEE; EMOTION LATERALIZATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84884692125     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00464     Document Type: Review

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