Conflicts as Aversive Signals for Control Adaptation

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 255-260

  Dreisbach, Gesine ^a   Fischer, Rico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

affective counter regulation; aversive signal; cognitive control; conflict monitoring; response conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939235049     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721415569569     Document Type: Article

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