Psychopathology research in the RDoC era: Unanswered questions and the importance of the psychophysiological unit of analysis

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 330-337

  Shankman, Stewart A ^a   Gorka, Stephanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative valence system; Positive valence system; Psychophysiology; Research Domain Criteria

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EATING DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84937955448     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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