Externalizing Psychopathology and Behavioral Disinhibition: Working Memory Mediates Signal Discriminability and Reinforcement Moderates Response Bias in Approach-Avoidance Learning

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-351

  Endres, Michael J ^a   Rickert, Martin E ^a   Bogg, Tim ^a   Lucas, Jesolyn ^a   Finn, Peter R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral disinhibition; Externalizing psychopathology; Go no go learning; Signal detection theory; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL DISINHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNALIZING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 79955993091     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022501     Document Type: Article

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