Male and Female Brain Activity During the Screening of a Violent Movie: An EEG Study
Víctor Cerdán-Martínez,
Pilar López-Segura,
María José Lucia-Mulas
et al.
Abstract:Movies have the ability to trigger our emotions and affect us in powerful ways. But the impact is not the same among all the audience and, according to our results, also not between women and men. In this study, we used an electroencephalogram (EEG) to register the brain activity of a group of 30 students while they watched a violent scene. The results showed that both male and female groups activated the left temporal lobe. However, the female group also activated the left insula and orbitofrontal areas of bo… Show more
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