The effect of personal relevance and approach-related action expectation on relative left frontal cortical activity

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 434-440

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Lueck, Lacey ^b   Fearn, Meghan ^b   Harmon Jones, Cindy ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c 4235 TAMU ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 33646251593     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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