Line bisection as a neural marker of approach motivation

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 979-983

  Nash, Kyle ^a   McGregor, Ian ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Frontal alpha asymmetry; Line bisection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; VISION;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955168724     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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