Social Neuroscience of Asymmetrical Frontal Cortical Activity: Considering Anger and Approach Motivation

Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Harmon Jones, Cindy ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Asymmetrical frontal cortical activity; Mania; PFC region; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858313803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195316872.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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