The Effect of Manipulated Sympathy and Anger on Left and Right Frontal Cortical Activity

Emotion

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Vaughn Scott, Kate ^a   Mohr, Sheri ^a   Sigelman, Jonathan ^a   Harmon Jones, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; ANGER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE;

EID: 1642384547     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.4.1.95     Document Type: Article

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