The influence of the magnitude, probability, and valence of potential wins and losses on the amplitude of the feedback negativity

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-219

  Kreussel, Luisa ^a   Hewig, Johannes ^a,b   Kretschmer, Nora ^a   Hecht, Holger ^a   Coles, Michael G H ^c   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; Feedback negativity; Reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856098386     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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