The functional role of individual-alpha based frontal asymmetry in stress responding

Biological Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 75-81

  Quaedflieg, C W E M ^a   Meyer, T ^a   Smulders, F T Y ^a   Smeets, T ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortisol; EEG; Frontal alpha oscillations; Individual alpha frequency

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTION TEST; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAASTRICHT ACUTE STRESS TASK; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; SALIVA LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INDIVIDUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; REST; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920915435     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.11.014     Document Type: Article

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