A different pattern of lateralised brain activity during processing of loved faces in men and women: A MEG study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 255-261

  Tiedt, Hannes O ^a   Beier, Klaus M ^a   Lueschow, Andreas ^a   Pauls, Alfred ^a   Weber, Joachim E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Gender differences; Late positive potential; Lateralisation; Loved faces; LPP; LPP m; Magnetoencephalography; MEG; MLPP; Romantic love; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOVE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FACE; FRIEND; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; IMAGINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908229765     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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