The effects of exposure to traumatic stressors on inhibitory control in police officers: A dense electrode array study using a Go/NoGo continuous performance task

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-375

  Covey, Thomas J ^a   Shucard, Janet L ^a   Violanti, John M ^b   Lee, Jeff ^a,b   Shucard, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Event related potentials; Go NoGo task; N2; P3; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GO NOGO CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TASK; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLICE; REACTION TIME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84877615259     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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