EEG oscillatory activity associated to monetary gain and loss signals in a learning task: Effects of attentional impulsivity and learning ability

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-78

  De Pascalis, Vilfredo ^a   Varriale, Vincenzo ^a   Rotonda, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attentional impulsivity; EEG oscillations; Learning; Monetary loss gain; Phase synchrony; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; TEMPERAMENT; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862770249     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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