Effects of psychological defense on processing of neutral stimuli indicated by event-related potentials (ERPs)

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-267

  Eriksen, Hege R ^b   Nordby, Helge ^c   Olff, Miranda ^a   Ursin, Holger ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Danger; Defense; Defense Mechanism Test (DMT); Event related potentials; Fatal errors; Perception; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034543521     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00197     Document Type: Article

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