Power effects on cognitive control: Turning conflict into action

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 655-663

  Schmid, Petra C ^a   Kleiman, Tali ^b   Amodio, David M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conflict; Control; Event related potential (ERP); Goals; Social power

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930819808     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000068     Document Type: Article

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