Error awareness and the error-related negativity: Evaluating the first decade of evidence

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL 2012, 2012, Pages

  Wessel, Jan R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Consciousness; ERN; Error awareness; Event related potentials; Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AWARENESS; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSCIOUSNESS; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMONITORING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84933679722     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00088     Document Type: Review

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