Mindful acceptance dampens neuroaffective reactions to external and rewarding performance feedback

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-114

  Teper, Rimma ^a   Inzlicht, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Affect; Emotion; External feedback; Mindfulness; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MINDFULNESS; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895075962     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034296     Document Type: Article

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