Frontal late positivity in dental phobia: A study on gender differences

Biological Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 263-269

  Schienle, Anne ^a   Köchel, Angelika ^a   Leutgeb, Verena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Affective pictures; Dental phobia; EEG; Event related potentials; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PHOBIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL ANXIETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053093988     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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