Disruption of early event-related theta synchronization of human EEG in alexithymics viewing affective pictures

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-60

  Aftanas, L I ^a   Varlamov, A A ^a   Reva, N V ^a   Pavlov, S V ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BASIC MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; EEG; Emotion; Event related synchronization; International Affective Picture System; Low theta; Upper theta

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037417148     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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