Intra- and interindividual differences in lateralized cognitive performance and asymmetrical EEG activity in the frontal cortex

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-231

  Papousek, Ilona ^a   Murhammer, Daniela ^a   Schulter, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognition; EEG; Emotion; Figural; Fluency; Hemispheric asymmetry; Verbal; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79952039040     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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