Resting electrocortical activity in adults with dysfunctional anger: A pilot study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 203, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 229-236

  Jaworska, Natalia ^a,c   Berrigan, Lindsay ^b,d   Ahmed, Adekunle Garba ^a   Gray, Jonathan ^a   Bradford, John ^a   Korovessis, Athanassia ^a   Fedoroff, Paul ^a   Knott, Verner ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha asymmetry; Anger; Beta activity; Electroencephalographic (EEG) activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSFUNCTIONAL ANGER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANGER; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BETA RHYTHM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867139625     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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