Frontal EEG asymmetry as a promising marker of depression vulnerability: Summary and methodological considerations

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-97

  Allen, John J B ^a   Reznik, Samantha J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 84938085835     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.12.017     Document Type: Review

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