Anterior asymmetry, defensiveness, and perceptions of parental caring

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1135-1145

  Kline, John P ^a   Knapp Kline, Kelley ^a   Schwartz, Gary E R ^b   Russek, Linda G S ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anterior asymmetry; Defensiveness; EEG; Emotion; Parental caring; Repression; Repressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035511311     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00209-9     Document Type: Article

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