Journal article
Do temperamentally shy children process emotion differently than nonshy children? Behavioral, psychophysiological, and gender differences in reticent preschoolers
Abstract
We examined regional brain electrical activity (EEG), heart rate, and subjective responses at rest and during the presentation of videoclips designed to elicit a range of emotions (e.g., sadness, anger, happiness, fear) among a sample of healthy 4-year-old children selected for temperamental shyness. We found that shy children exhibited significantly greater relative right central EEG activation at rest and during the presentation of the …
Authors
Theall‐Honey LA; Schmidt LA
Journal
Developmental Psychobiology, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 187–196
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2006
DOI
10.1002/dev.20133
ISSN
0012-1630