Positive affect modulates flexibility and evaluative control

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 524-539

  Van Wouwe, Nelleke C ^a,b   Band, Guido P H ^a   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT MEMORY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 78650386192     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21380     Document Type: Article

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