A better estimate of the internal consistency reliability of frontal EEG asymmetry scores

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-142

  Towers, David N ^a,b   Allen, John J B ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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

Author keywords

EEG; Frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 58149108960     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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