Event-related brain potentials following incorrect feedback in a time-estimation task: Evidence for a 'generic' neural system for error detection

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 788-798

  Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a   Braun, Christoph H ^b   Coles, Michael G H ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; DIPOLE; ERROR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031436055     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.6.788     Document Type: Article

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