Frontal EEG asymmetry and sensation seeking in young adults

Biological Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-172

  Santesso, Diane L ^a   Segalowitz, Sidney J ^a   Ashbaugh, Andrea R ^b   Antony, Martin M ^c,d   McCabe, Randi E ^b,d   Schmidt, Louis A ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frontal EEG asymmetry; Sensation seeking; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; COGNITIVE APPRAISAL OF RISKY EVENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SENSATION SEEKING; SENSATION SEEKING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 42649094128     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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