Individual differences in anterior EEG asymmetry between high and low defensive individuals during a rumination/distraction task

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 427-437

  Blackhart, Ginette C ^a   Kline, John P ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior EEG asymmetry; Defensiveness; Repression; Rumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444448860     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.01.027     Document Type: Article

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