Cortisol involvement in mechanisms of behavioral inhibition

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 723-732

  Tops, Mattie ^a,b,c   Boksem, Maarten A S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral inhibition system; Cortisol; Error related negativity; Post error slowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751480045     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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