Conflict processing is modulated by positive emotion: ERP data from a flanker task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 382-386

  Kanske, Philipp ^a,b   Kotz, Sonja A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affect; Attention; EEG; ERP; Language; N200

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; COLOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952702405     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.01.043     Document Type: Article

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