Frequency characteristics of EEG spectra in the emotions

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology volume 26, pages340–343(1996)Cite this article

Abstract

The present investigation was devoted to a spectral analysis of EEG frequency constituents during the ideational reproduction of the emotions of joy, anger, fear, and sorrow in man. Significant differences (p<0.05) in the emotional states were detected with respect to average alpha rhythm frequency for the C4, T4, F3, and O1 leads. The presence of two opposite tendencies in the character of the shifts in the peak alpha frequency by comparison with the baseline was demonstrated: an increase for the emotions of joy and anger and a decrease for sorrow and fear.

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  1. M. B. Kostyunina
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Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imemi I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 453–457, April-May-June, 1995.

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Kostyunina, M.B., Kulikov, M.A. Frequency characteristics of EEG spectra in the emotions. Neurosci Behav Physiol 26, 340–343 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02359037

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Keywords

  • Spectral Analysis
  • Emotional State
  • Frequency Characteristic
  • Opposite Tendency
  • Alpha Rhythm