Rostral anterior cingulate activity generates posterior versus anterior theta activity linked to agentic extraversion

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-185

  Chavanon, Mira Lynn ^a   Wacker, Jan ^a   Stemmler, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulated cortex; Extraversion; Personality; Resting electroencephalography; Resting state network; Theta frequency range

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; EXTRAVERSION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 79960087869     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-010-0019-5     Document Type: Article

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