Predicting affective responses to exercise using resting EEG frontal asymmetry: Does intensity matter?

Biological Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-206

  Hall, Eric E ^a   Ekkekakis, Panteleimon ^b   Petruzzello, Steven J ^c  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Affect; EEG; Exercise; Frontal asymmetry; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE RECOVERY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349105713     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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