The influence of the diffusion of responsibility effect on outcome evaluations: Electrophysiological evidence from an ERP study

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1727-1733

  Li, Peng ^a,b   Jia, Shiwei ^c   Feng, Tingyong ^a,b   Liu, Qiang ^a,b   Suo, Tao ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffusion of responsibility; ERP; FRN; Outcome evaluation; P300

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77954955679     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.275     Document Type: Article

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