The impact of an unpredictable context and intolerance of uncertainty on the electrocortical response to monetary gains and losses

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 153-163

  Nelson, Brady D ^a   Kessel, Ellen M ^a   Jackson, Felicia ^a   Hajcak, Greg ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Intolerance of uncertainty; Reward; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REWARD; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958752924     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-015-0382-3     Document Type: Article

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