Sex differences in emotional perception: Meta analysis of divergent activation

NeuroImage

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 925-933

  Filkowski, Megan M ^a   Olsen, Rachel M ^b   Duda, Bryant ^a   Wanger, Timothy J ^a   Sabatinelli, Dean ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion perception; fMRI; Meta analysis; sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MESENCEPHALON; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; META ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009290234     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.12.016     Document Type: Review

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