Worse than feared? Failure induction modulates the electrophysiological signature of error monitoring during subsequent learning

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-51

  Unger, Kerstin ^a   Kray, Jutta ^a   Mecklinger, Axel ^a  

^a Saarland University Campus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

ERN; Motivation; Negative affect; Performance monitoring; Reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEAR; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857170291     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0061-y     Document Type: Article

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