Ratings of Emotion in Laterally Presented Faces: Sex and handedness effects

J.W. van Strien, S. van Beek

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Abstract

Sixteen right-handed participants (8 male and 8 female students) and 16 left-handed participants (8 male and 8 female students) were presented with cartoon faces expressing emotions ranging from extremely positive to extremely negative. A forced-choice paradigm was used in which the participants were asked to rate the faces as either positive or negative. Compared to men, women rated faces more positively, especially in response to right visual field presentations. Women rated neutral and mildly positive faces more positively in the right than in the left visual field, whereas men rated these faces consistently across visual fields. Handedness did not affect the ratings of emotion. The data suggest a positive emotional bias of the left hemisphere in women. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)645-652
Number of pages8
JournalBrain and Cognition
Volume44
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000

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