Using distraction to regulate emotion: Insights from EEG theta dynamics

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-260

  Uusberg, Andero ^a   Thiruchselvam, Ravi ^b   Gross, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction; EEG theta; Emotion regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

DISTRACTION; EEG THETA; EMOTION REGULATION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894436663     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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