Are Orchids Left and Dandelions Right? Frontal Brain Activation Asymmetry and Its Sensitivity to Developmental Context

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1526-1533

  Fortier, Paz ^a   Van Lieshout, Ryan J ^a   Waxman, Jordana A ^a   Boyle, Michael H ^a   Saigal, Saroj ^b   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a Department of Psychology Neuroscience and Behaviour ^*  (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; emotional development; emotions; environmental effects; individual differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904408632     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614534267     Document Type: Article

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