Differential contributions of worry, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive symptoms to ERN amplitudes in response monitoring and reinforcement learning tasks

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 197-209

  Zambrano Vazquez, Laura ^a   Allen, John J B ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; ERN; Error related negativity; Event related potentials; OCD; Probabilistic learning task; Reinforcement learning; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT WORRY; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84904269795     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.06.023     Document Type: Article

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