Empathy and feedback processing in active and observational learning

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 869-884

  Rak, Natalia ^a   Bellebaum, Christian ^a   Thoma, Patrizia ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective empathy; Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC); Cognitive empathy; FRN

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; OBSERVATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891404296     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-013-0187-1     Document Type: Article

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