Dissociable effects of motivation and expectancy on conflict processing: An fMRI study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 409-423

  Soutschek, Alexander ^a,b,c   Stelzel, Christine ^b,c,d   Paschke, Lena ^b,c,d   Walter, Henrik ^c,d   Schubert, Torsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANTICIPATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919979952     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00712     Document Type: Article

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