Frontal alpha asymmetry and sexually motivated states

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 226-235

  Prause, Nicole ^a   Staley, Cameron ^b   Roberts, Verena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kaiser Permanent ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

EEG ERP; Emotion; Gender difference; Individual differences; Motivation; Sexual desire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIBIDO; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894266870     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12173     Document Type: Article

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