The contingent negative variation (CNV): Timing isn't everything

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 231-237

  Kononowicz, Tadeusz W ^a   Penney, Trevor B ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DOPAMINERGIC MODULATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 84961805926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.02.022     Document Type: Review

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