Resting eeg asymmetry and spider phobia

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-223

  Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Muris, Peter ^a   Pool, Karin ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha power; Eeg asymmetry; Spider phobia; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032244299     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615809808248312     Document Type: Article

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