Effects of Brain 1
Running head: BRAIN LATERALITY AND FACIAL EMOTION
Effects of Brain Laterality on Decoding Accuracy for
Facial Displays of Emotion
Kory Floyd & Alan C. Mikkelson
Arizona State University
Manuscript submitted to International Communication Association,
Interpersonal Communication Division, San Diego, May 2003
Author notes. Kory Floyd (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1998) is associate professor of human
communication at Arizona State University, where Alan Mikkelson (B.A., Whitworth College,
2000) is a graduate student. This research was supported by grants to the first author from the
College of Public Programs and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Arizona State
University. The authors are grateful for the assistance of David Bodary, Brian Buck, Beth
Copley, and Erin Erickson. Address correspondence to the first author at Hugh Downs School of
Human Communication, Arizona State University, PO Box 871205, Tempe AZ 85287-1205.
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