Resting parietal EEG asymmetry and cardiac vagal tone predict attentional control

Biological Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-261

  Balle, Maria ^a   Bornas, Xavier ^a   Tortella Feliu, Miquel ^a   Llabrés, Jordi ^a   Morillas Romero, Alfonso ^a   Aguayo Siquier, Blanca ^a   Gelabert, Joan Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Parietal EEG asymmetry; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VAGUS TONE;

ATTENTION; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REST; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84876306369     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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