Attachment classification, psychophysiology and frontal EEG asymmetry across the lifespan: A review

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Gander, Manuela ^a   Buchheim, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cortisol reactivity; EEG asymmetry; Heart rate; Prefrontal cortex; Psychophysiology; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

EID: 84933675076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00079     Document Type: Article

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