Frontal EEG correlates of externalizing spectrum behaviors

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-42

  Baving, L ^a,b   Laucht, M ^a   Schmidt, M H ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child; EEG; Externalizing symptoms; Frontal brain asymmetry; Gender

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POWER SPECTRUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037227125     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-003-0307-5     Document Type: Article

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