Demonstrating emotional processing differences in psychopathy using affective ERP modulation

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 792-806

  Anderson, Nathaniel E ^a   Stanford, Matthew S ^b  

^a MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG ERP; Emotion; Psycopathological

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860572568     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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