Errors are aversive: Defensive motivation and the error-related negativity: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-108

  Hajcak, Greg ^a   Foti, Dan ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTIVATION; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 38949149321     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02053.x     Document Type: Article

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