Leaning embodies desire: Evidence that leaning forward increases relative left frontal cortical activation to appetitive stimuli

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-313

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Gable, Philip A ^b   Price, Tom F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Asymmetric frontal cortical activity; EEG; Embodiment; Emotion

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

APPETITE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955908356     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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