Event-related potential correlates of the extraverts' sensitivity to valence changes in positive stimuli

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1071-1076

  Yuan, Jiajin ^a   He, Yuanyuan ^a   Lei, Yi ^a   Yang, Jiemin ^a   Li, Hong ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Event related potential; Extraversion; Positive stimuli; Sensitivity; Valence intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249102590     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832e7d55     Document Type: Article

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