Appetitive vs. defensive responses to emotional cues. Autonomic measures and brain oscillation modulation

Brain Research

Volumn 1296, Issue , 2009, Pages 72-84

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Brambilla, Emma ^a   Falbo, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic measure; BIS BAS system; Brain oscillation; Emotion; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; APPETITE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349289060     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.056     Document Type: Article

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