BIS and BAS correlates with psychophysiological and cortical response systems during aversive and appetitive emotional stimuli processing

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-231

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Falbo, Luciana ^a   Conte, Veronica Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appetitive; Aversive; BIS BAS; ERPs; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861408427     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9244-7     Document Type: Article

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