Cortex
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 690-695 , June 2011

Examining the effects of inversion on lateralisation for processing facial emotion

  • Victoria J. Bourne

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationSchool of Psychology University of Dundee, Park Place, Dundee, UK.

Received 7 October 2009 ,Revised 24 January 2010 ,Accepted 18 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.04.003

Cortex
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 690-695 , June 2011

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