Approach-related left prefrontal EEG asymmetry predicts muted error-related negativity

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-102

  Nash, Kyle ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^b   McGregor, Ian ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Avoidance motivation; BIS, BAS; Distress; Error related negativity; Frontal EEG asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPROACH MOTIVATION; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84862682977     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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