Cognition and affective style: Individual differences in brain electrical activity during spatial and verbal tasks

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-451

  Bell, Martha Ann ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective style; EEG; Negative affectivity; Positive affectivity; Spatial task; Verbal task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0344442406     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00216-1     Document Type: Article

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