Error-related negativity predicts academic performance

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-196

  Hirsh, Jacob B ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Anterior cingulate cortex; Cognitive control; Electrophysiology; Error related negativity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COLOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERROR; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549084510     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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