Frontal EEG and emotion regulation: Electrocortical activity in response to emotional film clips is associated with reduced mood induction and attention interference effects

Biological Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 456-464

  Dennis, Tracy A ^a   Solomon, Beylul ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Emotion regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FILM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149361136     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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