Effects of arousal on cognitive control: Empirical tests of the conflict-modulated Hebbian-learning hypothesis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Brown, Stephen B R E ^a,b   van Steenbergen, Henk ^a,b   Kedar, Tomer ^a,b   Nieuwenhuis, Sander ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accessory stimulus; Arousal; Conflict; Interference; Pupillometry; Stroop effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEBBIAN LEARNING HYPOTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETRY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84893196239     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00023     Document Type: Article

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