On the relationship between anxiety and error monitoring: A meta-analysis and conceptual framework

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Moser, Jason S ^a   Moran, Tim P ^a   Schroder, Hans S ^a   Donnellan, M Brent ^a   Yeung, Nick ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive control; Conflict monitoring; Error monitoring; Error related negativity; Event related potential (ERP); Meta analysis; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROMONITORING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT WORRY; WAVEFORM; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84884690735     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00466     Document Type: Article

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