Anger and asymmetrical frontal cortical activity: Evidence for an anger withdrawal relationship

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1081-1093

  Zinner, Leah R ^a   Brodish, Amanda B ^a   Devine, Patricia G ^a   Harmon Jones, Eddie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STUDENT;

EID: 48249115184     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701622961     Document Type: Article

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