The dependability of electrophysiological measurements of performance monitoring in a clinical sample: A generalizability and decision analysis of the ERN and Pe

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 790-800

  Baldwin, Scott A ^a   Larson, Michael J ^a   Clayson, Peter E ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ERN; Error positivity; Error related negativity; Generalizability; Pe; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929512609     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12401     Document Type: Article

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