Cognitive Vulnerability and Frontal Brain Asymmetry: Common Predictors of First Prospective Depressive Episode

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 497-503

  Nusslock, Robin ^a   Shackman, Alexander J ^b   Harmon Jones, Eddie ^c   Alloy, Lauren B ^d   Coan, James A ^e   Abramson, Lyn Y ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Texas AM University   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive vulnerability; Depression; Frontal EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE VULNERABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 79956031440     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022940     Document Type: Article

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