What We've Learned From Mistakes: Insights From Error-Related Brain Activity

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-106

  Hajcak, Greg ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; biomarker; endophenotype; ERN; errors; psychopathology; punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858735451     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412436809     Document Type: Article

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