Frontal EEG/ERP correlates of attentional processes, cortisol and motivational states in adolescents from lower and higher socioeconomic status

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCTOBER 2012, 2012, Pages 1-42

  D'Angiulli, Amedeo ^a   van Roon, Patricia ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a   Oberlander, Tim F ^a   Grunau, Ruth E ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a   Maggi, Stefania ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory selective attention; EEG asymmetry; EEG power; Event related potentials (ERPs); Executive control and self regulation; Salivary cortisol; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868090714     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00306     Document Type: Article

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