Supervisory control system and frontal asymmetry: Neurophysiological traits of emotion-based impulsivity

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1310-1315

  Gable, Philip A ^a   Mechin, Nicole C ^a   Hicks, Joshua A ^b   Adams, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Frontal asymmetry; Impulsivity; Positive urgency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84943746650     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv017     Document Type: Article

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