Association between frontal EEG asymmetries and emotional intelligence among adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-181

  Mikolajczak, Moïra ^a   Bodarwé, Kerrin ^a   Laloyaux, Olivier ^b   Hansenne, Michel ^b   Nelis, Delphine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain; Eeg; Frontal asymmetries; Neural correlates; Trait emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951656536     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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