Low positive emotionality in young children: Association with EEG asymmetry

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-98

  Shankman, Stewart A ^a,b   Tenke, Craig E ^b   Bruder, Gerard E ^b   Durbin, C Emily ^b,c   Hayden, Elizabeth P ^a,d   Klein, Daniel N ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 24344479589     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579405050054     Document Type: Article

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