Gender differences in cognitive and neural correlates of remembrance of emotional words.
Bremner J, Soufer R, McCarthy G, Delaney R, Staib L, Duncan J, Charney D. Gender differences in cognitive and neural correlates of remembrance of emotional words. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 2001, 35: 55-78. PMID: 12397879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional wordsEmotional contentNeural correlatesWord pairsSuperior verbal memorySpecific cognitive functionsBilateral posterior hippocampusSuperior spatial memoryMedial prefrontal cortexGender differencesProcessing of informationNeutral wordsCognitive appraisalVerbal memoryPossible gender differencesHuman cognitionMemory performanceSet of listsGreater activationPosterior hippocampusPrefrontal cortexCognitive functionEmotional dimensionsSpatial memoryEmotional impact