Asymmetry in resting intracortical activity as a buffer to social threat

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 641-649

  Koslov, Katrina ^a   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^a   Pajtas, Petra E ^b   Pizzagalli, Diego A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; individual differences; neuroendocrinology; social influences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); REST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955757269     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611403156     Document Type: Article

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