Gender Differences in Perception of Romance in Chinese College Students

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Yin, Jie ^a   Zhang, John X ^b   Xie, Jing ^a   Zou, Zhiling ^a   Huang, Xiting ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN MAPPING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885758440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076294     Document Type: Article

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