Neural mechanisms underlying the higher levels of subjective well-being in extraverts: Pleasant bias and unpleasant resistance

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-192

  Yuan, Jiajin ^a,b   Zhang, Jinfu ^a,b   Zhou, Xiaolin ^c   Yang, Jiemin ^a,b   Meng, Xianxin ^a,b   Zhang, Qinglin ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Event related Potentials; Extraverts; Posterior cingulate cortices (PCC); Unpleasant resistance; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863132403     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0064-8     Document Type: Article

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