Fear of negative evaluation modulates electrocortical and behavioral responses when anticipating social evaluative feedback

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Van der Molen, Melle J W ^a   Poppelaars, Eefje S ^a   Van Hartingsveldt, Caroline T A ^a   Harrewijn, Anita ^a   Moor, Bregtje Gunther ^b   Westenberg, P Michiel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG; Event related brain potentials; Fear of negative evaluation; Feedback anticipation; Feedback related negativity; P3; Social evaluation; Stimulus preceding negativity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL REJECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892962895     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00936     Document Type: Article

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