The Pe of perfectionism: Concern over mistakes predicts the amplitude of a late frontal error positivity

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 84-94

  Tops, Mattie ^a,b,c   Koole, Sander L ^a   Wijers, Albertus A ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Error positivity; Late positive potential; Perfectionism; Post error slowing; Stimulus preceding negativity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; ERROR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FLANKER TASK; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84876398578     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000090     Document Type: Article

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