Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 226-232 , 30 March 2010

Altered emotional information processing in borderline personality disorder: An electrophysiological study

  • Marlies A.E. Marissen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Personality Disorders, PsyQ, The Hague, The Netherlands
    • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Psychology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Woudestein T12-35, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 10 408 8705.
    • ,
  • Linda Meuleman

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Personality Disorders, PsyQ, The Hague, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Ingmar H.A. Franken

      Affiliations

    • Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Psychology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 20 October 2008 ,Revised 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 16 October 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00239-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.10.006

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 226-232 , 30 March 2010

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