Genetic and environmental influences on frontal EEG asymmetry and alpha power in 9-10-year-old twins

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 787-796

  Gao, Yu ^a   Tuvblad, Catherine ^b   Raine, Adrian ^a   Lozano, Dora I ^c   Baker, Laura A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha; Child; EEG; Frontal asymmetry; Genetic; Twins

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TWINS;

AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 66949180777     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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