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Original Article

Event-Related Synchronization and Desynchronization During Affective Processing: Emergence of Valence-Related Time-Dependent Hemispheric Asymmetries in Theta and Upper Alpha Band

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Pages 197-219 | Received 10 Apr 2001, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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