Randomness increases self-reported anxiety and neurophysiological correlates of performance monitoring

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 628-635

  Tullett, Alexa M ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b   Inzlicht, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; ERN; Meaning; Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929055454     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu097     Document Type: Article

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