Developmental changes in performance monitoring: How electrophysiological data can enhance our understanding of error and feedback processing in childhood and adolescence

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-132

  Ferdinand, Nicola K ^a   Kray, Jutta ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Event related potential; Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EMOTION; ERROR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; REWARD; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84896715713     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.029     Document Type: Review

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