Cognitive sources of evidence for neuroticism's link to punishment-reactivity processes

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 741-759

  Moeller, Sara K ^a   Robinson, Michael D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Cognition; Decision making; Neuroticism; Punishment; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR DEPRESSION; MODEL; NEUROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REACTION TIME; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77954396719     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930902978436     Document Type: Article

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