Basic psychological needs and neurophysiological responsiveness to decisional conflict: an event-related potential study of integrative self processes

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 848-865

  Di Domenico, Stefano I ^a,b   Le, Ada ^c   Liu, Yichuan ^d   Ayaz, Hasan ^d,e,f   Fournier, Marc A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic psychological needs; Conflict monitoring; Conflict negativity; Decision making; Psychological conflict; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONS; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969849792     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-016-0436-1     Document Type: Article

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