We review conceptual arguments and research on the role of asymmetric frontal cortical
activity in emotional and motivational processes. The current article organizes and reviews …

For over 35 years, research has examined frontal alpha EEG asymmetry, discussed in terms
of relative left frontal activity (rLFA) in the present review, as a concurrent and prospective …

Recognition of a human's continuous emotional states in real time plays an important role in
machine emotional intelligence and human-machine interaction. Existing real-time emotion …

We review research on the structure and functions of emotions that has benefitted from a
serious consideration of both discrete and dimensional perspectives on emotion. To …

The authors review a range of evidence concerning the motivational underpinnings of anger
as an affect, with particular reference to the relationship between anger and anxiety or fear …

We review the literature on aggression in women with an emphasis on laboratory
experimentation and hormonal and brain mechanisms. Women tend to engage in more …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

Conceptual and empirical approaches to the study of the role of asymmetric frontal cortical
activity in emotional processes are reviewed. Although early research suggested that …

Frontal alpha asymmetry has been proposed to underlie the balance between approach and
withdrawal motivation associated to each individual's affective style. Neurofeedback of EEG …

The balance between activity in the left and right frontal cortex, commonly referred to as
asymmetric frontal cortical activity, has served as a proxy for an organism's motivational …