Positive emotion speeds up conflict processing: ERP responses in an auditory Simon task

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-127

  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; Speech

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REWARD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953295845     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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