Examining electrodermal hyporeactivity as a marker of externalizing psychopathology: A twin study

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1039-1048

  Isen, Joshua D ^a   Iacono, William G ^a   Malone, Stephen M ^a   Mcgue, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodermal; Externalizing; Habituation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863996053     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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