Uncertainty and cognitive control

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Mushtaq, Faisal ^a   Bland, Amy R ^a   Schaefer, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Cognitive control; Emotion; Executive function; Monitoring; Motivation; Uncertainty; Volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867131422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00249     Document Type: Article

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