Error reactivity in self-paced performance: Highly-accurate individuals exhibit largest post-error slowing

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 624-631

  Steinborn, Michael B ^a   Flehmig, Hagen C ^b   Bratzke, Daniel ^a   Schröter, Hannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive control; Individual differences; Orienting response; Performance monitoring; Post error slowing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859602933     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.660962     Document Type: Article

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