Independence of valence and reward in emotional word processing: Electrophysiological evidence

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Kaltwasser, Laura ^a,b   Ries, Stephanie ^b   Sommer, Werner ^a   Knight, Robert T ^b   Willems, Roel M ^b,c,d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion; Event related potentials; Reward expectancy; Word processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878780961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00168     Document Type: Article

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