State anger and prefrontal brain activity: Evidence that insult-related relative left-prefrontal activation is associated with experienced anger and aggression

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 797-803

  Harmon Jones, Eddie ^a   Sigelman, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 85047684449     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.80.5.797     Document Type: Article

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