The effect of temperamental traits on event-related potentials, heart rate and reaction time

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 441-465

  De Pascalis, Vilfredo ^a   Strelau, Jan ^b   Zawadzki, Bogdan ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Emotional words; Event related potential; Heart; Rate; Reaction time; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003048278     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00151-2     Document Type: Article

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