Veto and vacillation: A neural precursor of the decision to withhold action

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-304

  Misirlisoy, Erman ^a   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84891463195     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00479     Document Type: Article

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