Empathy and error processing

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-424

  Larson, Michael J ^a   Fair, Joseph E ^a   Good, Daniel A ^a   Baldwin, Scott A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Cognitive control; Emotion; Event related potentials; Performance monitoring; Rabbitt effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950653583     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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