Conflicts as aversive signals

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-98

  Dreisbach, Gesine ^a   Fischer, Rico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Anterior cingulate cortex; Cognitive control; Conflict monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

AFFECT; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856220391     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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