Resting EEG signatures of agentic extraversion: New results and meta-analytic integration

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-179

  Wacker, Jan ^a   Chavanon, Mira Lynn ^a   Stemmler, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Behavioral activation system; Default mode network; Dopamine; Emotion; Extraversion; Frontal asymmetry; Personality; Resting EEG; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950031762     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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