Resting frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry in depression: Inconsistencies suggest the need to identify mediating factors

Psychophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 389-404

  Reid, Stephanie A ^a   Duke, Lisa M ^a   Allen, John J B ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Emotion; Individual differences; Lateral dominance; Methodology; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELTA RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031801884     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577298970986     Document Type: Article

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