No pain, no gain: the affective valence of congruency conditions changes following a successful response

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 251-261

  Schouppe, Nathalie ^a   Braem, Senne ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a   Silvetti, Massimo ^a   Verguts, Tom ^a   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^b   Notebaert, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Anterior cingulate cortex; Cognitive control; Conflict; Conflict adaptation; Intrinsic reward; Reward prediction error

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CONFLICT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPETITION PRIMING; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923009390     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-014-0318-3     Document Type: Article

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