Delay discounting as emotional processing: An electrophysiological study

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1459-1474

  Blackburn, Marianna ^a   Mason, Liam ^a   Hoeksma, Marco ^b   Zandstra, Elizabeth H ^b   El Deredy, Wael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Emotion; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868691240     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.673478     Document Type: Article

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