Dissociated roles of the anterior cingulate cortex in reward and conflict processing as revealed by the feedback error-related negativity and N200

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Baker, Travis E ^a   Holroyd, Clay B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Event related brain potentials; Feedback error related negativity; N200; Reinforcement learning; Response conflict; Reward positivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953298359     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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