Stress, emotion regulation and cognitive performance: The predictive contributions of trait and state relative frontal EEG alpha asymmetry

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-123

  Goodman, Ronald N ^a   Rietschel, Jeremy C ^a   Lo, Li Chuan ^a   Costanzo, Michelle E ^a   Hatfield, Bradley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Emotion regulation; Eyeblink startle; Frontal asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; WORKING MEMORY;

AROUSAL; BLINKING; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875107559     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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