Anger Style, Psychopathology, and Regional Brain Activity

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 701-713

  Stewart, Jennifer L ^a   Levin Silton, Rebecca ^a   Sass, Sarah M ^a   Heller, Wendy ^a   Miller, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; brain asymmetry; EEG; psychopathology; STAXI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANGER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849407955     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013447     Document Type: Article

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