Frontal EEG activation asymmetry reflects cognitive biases in anxiety: Evidence from an emotional face Stroop task

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-292

  Avram, Julia ^a   Balteş, Felicia Rodica ^a   Miclea, Mircea ^a   Miu, Andrei C ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive bias; EEG; Frontal asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEART RATE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951692008     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-010-9138-6     Document Type: Article

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