Failing where others have succeeded: Medial Frontal Negativity tracks failure in a social context

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 973-979

  Boksem, Maarten A S ^a,b,c   Kostermans, Evelien ^c,d   De Cremer, David ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ERN; Feedback negativity; FRN; Social comparison; Social context

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79957855850     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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