Dopamine modulates frontomedial failure processing of agentic introverts versus extraverts in incentive contexts

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 756-768

  Mueller, Erik M ^a   Burgdorf, Christin ^b   Chavanon, Mira Lynn ^b   Schweiger, Desiree ^b   Wacker, Jan ^c   Stemmler, Gerhard ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dopamine; Extraversion; Feedback processing; Reward

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SULPIRIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GOALS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SULPIRIDE; THETA RHYTHM; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904331143     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-013-0228-9     Document Type: Article

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