Trait behavioral approach sensitivity (BAS) relates to early (>150 ms) electrocortical responses to appetitive stimuli

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 795-798

  Gable, Philip A ^a   Harmon Jones, Eddie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Behavioral approach sensitivity; Emotion; N1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL APPROACH SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL APPROACH SENSITIVITY; EMOTION;

ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84885822597     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss072     Document Type: Article

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