Emotion inductions cause changes in activation levels of the behavioural inhibition and approach systems

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 676-680

  Yan, Changmin ^a   Dillard, James Price ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach systems; Behavioural inhibition; Emotion; Emotion inductions; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449086733     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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