The development of the error-related negativity (ERN) and its relationship with anxiety: Evidence from 8 to 13 year-olds

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-161

  Meyer, Alexandria ^a   Weinberg, Anna ^a   Klein, Daniel N ^a   Hajcak, Greg ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Children; Development; ERN; Error related negativity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ERROR POSITIVITY; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT;

EID: 82755177883     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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