Prosocial attitudes and empathic behavior in emotional positive versus negative situations: Brain response (ERPs) and source localization (LORETA) analysis

Cognitive Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-72

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Canavesio, Ylenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

DLPFC; Emotions; Empathy; ERPs; LORETA analysis; N200; Prosocial behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL NEGATIVE SITUATION; EMOTIONAL POSITIVE SITUATION; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874239402     PISSN: 16124782     EISSN: 16124790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-012-0525-1     Document Type: Article

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