The effect of commitment on relative left frontal cortical activity: Tests of the action-based model of dissonance

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-408

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Harmon Jones, Cindy ^a   Serra, Raymond ^a   Gable, Philip A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action based model; Asymmetrical frontal cortical activity; Cognitive dissonance; Commitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751480416     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167210397059     Document Type: Article

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