Frontal EEG/ERP correlates of attentional processes, cortisol and motivational states in adolescents from lower and higher socioeconomic status

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOVEMBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  D'Angiulli, Amedeo ^a   Van Roon, Patricia Maria ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^b,c   Oberlander, Tim F ^b,c   Grunau, Ruth E ^b,c   Hertzman, Clyde ^d   Maggi, Stefania ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health Child and Family Research Institute ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditoryselective attention; EEG asymmetry; EEG power; Event related potentials (ERPs); Executive control and self regulation; Salivary cortisol; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA LEVEL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84933679575     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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