Controlled attention allocation mediates the relation between goal-oriented pursuit and approach-avoidance reactions to negative stimuli

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-320

  Ernst, Lena H ^a   Weidner, Anne ^b   Ehlis, Ann Christine ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approach; Avoidance; Event related potential (ERP); Impulsive system; Mediator; Reflective system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84865450010     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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