Erroneous and correct actions have a different affective valence: Evidence from ERPs

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 960-973

  Aarts, Kristien ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a   Pourtois, Gilles ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action monitoring; Emotional valence; Evaluative priming; Event related potentials; Wordprocessing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887355079     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032808     Document Type: Article

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