Frontal EEG asymmetry and symptom response to cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with social anxiety disorder

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-385

  Moscovitch, David A ^a   Santesso, Diane L ^b   Miskovic, Vladimir ^b   McCabe, Randi E ^c   Antony, Martin M ^d   Schmidt, Louis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; EEG asymmetry; Frontal cortex; Neurobiology; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA INVENTORY;

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80955177115     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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