Lateralized readiness potentials reveal properties of a neural mechanism for implementing a decision threshold

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Van Vugt, Marieke K ^a   Simen, Patrick ^b   Nystrom, Leigh ^c   Holmes, Philip ^c,d   Cohen, Jonathan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRIFT DIFFUSION MODEL; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERALIZED READINESS POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RESPONSE TIME; BEHAVIOR; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; MOTION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; NERVE NET; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898729259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090943     Document Type: Article

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