Error processing and response inhibition in excessive computer game players: An event-related potential study

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 934-947

  Littel, Marianne ^a   Van Den Berg, Ivo ^a   Luijten, Maartje ^a   Van Rooij, Antonius J ^b   Keemink, Lianne ^a   Franken, Ingmar H A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Error processing; event related potentials; excessive computer gaming; Go NoGo task; impulsivity; response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR PROCESSING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RESPONSE INHIBITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; SELF REPORT; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866377203     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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