Frontal EEG asymmetry and fear reactivity in different contexts at 10 months

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 536-545

  Diaz, Anjolii ^a   Bell, Martha Ann ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; EEG; Fear; Frontal asymmetry; Infancy; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT;

ARANEAE;

EID: 84861942241     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20612     Document Type: Article

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