Neural response to action and reward prediction errors: Comparing the error-related negativity to behavioral errors and the feedback-related negativity to reward prediction violations

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-228

  Potts, Geoffrey F ^a   Martin, Laura E ^b   Kamp, Siri Maria ^a   Donchin, Emanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Behavior monitoring; Error related negativity; Feedback related negativity; Reward prediction violation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951781404     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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