Reactive recruitment of attentional control in math anxiety: An ERP study of numeric conflict monitoring and adaptation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Suárez Pellicioni, Macarena ^a   Núñez Peña, María Isabel ^a   Colomé, Àngels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONFLICT ADAPTATION ANALYSIS; CONFLICT MONITORING ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL TASK; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTATION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903397460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099579     Document Type: Article

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