Journal article
Sex differences in functional activation patterns revealed by increased emotion processing demands
Abstract
Two [O(15)] PET studies assessed sex differences regional brain activation in the recognition of emotional stimuli. Study I revealed that the recognition of emotion in visual faces resulted in bilateral frontal activation in women, and unilateral right-sided activation in men. In study II, the complexity of the emotional face task was increased through tje addition of associated auditory emotional stimuli. Men again showed unilateral frontal …
Authors
Hall GBC; Witelson SF; Szechtman H; Nahmias C
Journal
Neuroreport, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 219–223
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
February 2004
DOI
10.1097/00001756-200402090-00001
ISSN
0959-4965