Right brain, left brain in depressive disorders: clinical and theoretical implications of behavioral, electrophysiological and neuroimaging findings

GE Bruder, JW Stewart, PJ McGrath - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2017 - Elsevier
The right and left side of the brain are asymmetric in anatomy and function. We review
electrophysiological (EEG and event-related potential), behavioral (dichotic and visual …

Electroencephalogram alpha asymmetry in patients with depressive disorders: current perspectives

AK Kaiser, MT Gnjezda, S Knasmüller… - … disease and treatment, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Electroencephalogram (EEG) alpha asymmetry (AA) in depressive disorders has
been of interest over the last few decades, but it continues to remain unclear whether EEG …

Frontal alpha asymmetry neurofeedback for the reduction of negative affect and anxiety

R Mennella, E Patron, D Palomba - Behaviour research and therapy, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Intensification of functional neural control on heartbeat dynamics in subclinical depression

V Catrambone, S Messerotti Benvenuti, C Gentili… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Subclinical depression (dysphoria) is a common condition that may increase the risk of
major depression and leads to impaired quality of life and severe comorbid somatic …

Increased functional connectivity within alpha and theta frequency bands in dysphoria: a resting-state EEG study

C Dell'Acqua, S Ghiasi, SM Benvenuti, A Greco… - Journal of Affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: The understanding of neurophysiological correlates underlying the risk of
developing depression may have a significant impact on its early and objective …

Appetitive and aversive motivation in depression: The temporal dynamics of task-elicited asymmetries in alpha oscillations

S Messerotti Benvenuti, G Buodo, R Mennella… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The capability model of alpha asymmetries posits that state emotional manipulations are a
more powerful detector of depression-related motivational deficits than alpha activity at rest …

EEG time–frequency analysis reveals blunted tendency to approach and increased processing of unpleasant stimuli in dysphoria

C Dell'Acqua, E Dal Bò, T Moretta, D Palomba… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
To date, affective and cognitive processing of emotional information in individuals with
depressive symptoms have been examined through peripheral psychophysiological …

Rethinking the risk for depression using the RDoC: A psychophysiological perspective

C Dell'Acqua, D Palomba, E Patron… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Considering that the classical categorical approach to mental disorders does not allow a
clear identification of at-risk conditions, the dimensional approach provided by the Research …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha wave asymmetry is associated with only one component of melancholia, and in different directions across brain regions

CF Sharpley, V Bitsika, SM Shadli, E Jesulola… - Psychiatry Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alpha wave asymmetry inconsistently correlates with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
One possible reason for this inconsistency is the heterogeneity of MDD, leading to study of …

A review on the role of affective stimuli in event-related frontal alpha asymmetry

P Sabu, IV Stuldreher, D Kaneko… - Frontiers in Computer …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Frontal alpha asymmetry refers to the difference between the right and left alpha activity over
the frontal brain region. Increased activity in the left hemisphere has been linked to …