The relation between electroencephalogram asymmetry and attention biases to threat at baseline and under stress

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-343

  Pérez Edgar, Koraly ^a   Kujawa, Autumn ^b   Nelson, S Katherine ^c   Cole, Claire ^d   Zapp, Daniel J ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias; EEG asymmetry; Speech task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SPEECH; STRESS;

ATTENTION BIAS; EEG ASYMMETRY; SPEECH TASK;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879530132     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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