Frontal brain asymmetry and emotional reactivity: A biological substrate of affective style

Psychophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 82-89

  WHEELER, ROBERT E ^a   DAVIDSON, RICHARD J ^a   TOMARKEN, ANDREW J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; EEG; Electrophysiology; Emotion; Frontal lobes; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MOOD; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027434724     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1993.tb03207.x     Document Type: Article

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