An electrophysiological monetary incentive delay (e-MID) task: A way to decompose the different components of neural response to positive and negative monetary reinforcement

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-49

  Broyd, Samantha J ^a   Richards, Helen J ^a   Helps, Suzannah K ^a   Chronaki, Georgia ^a   Bamford, Susan ^a   Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Event related potential; Outcome; Punishment; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONETARY INCENTIVE DELAY TASK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862270327     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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