Dopamine-D2-Receptor Blockade Reverses the Association Between Trait Approach Motivation and Frontal Asymmetry in an Approach-Motivation Context

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-497

  Wacker, Jan ^a   Mueller, Erik M ^a   Pizzagalli, Diego A ^b,c   Hennig, Jürgen ^d   Stemmler, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

approach motivation; COMT Val158Met; dopamine; electrophysiology; experimenter effect; frontal EEG alpha asymmetry; frontal lobe; genetics; neurotransmitters; personality; sexual attraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876190347     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612458935     Document Type: Article

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