Social power and approach-related neural activity

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 516-520

  Boksem, Maarten A S ^a   Smolders, Ruud ^a   De Cremer, David ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach; Asymmetry; EEG; Inhibition; Power

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTIVATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858695569     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp006     Document Type: Article

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