Why do we keep failing in identifying reliable biological markers in depression?

Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 69-84

  Gentili, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart Rate Variability; Learning algorithms; Mood disorders; Neurobiology; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036622703     PISSN: 23600853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24193/jebp.2017.2.4     Document Type: Article

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