Humiliation as an intense emotional experience: Evidence from the electro-encephalogram

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-35

  Otten, Marte ^a   Jonas, Kai J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha Desynchronization; EEG; Humiliation; LPP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891347292     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2013.855660     Document Type: Article

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