Comparing the error-related negativity across groups: The impact of error- and trial-number differences

Psychophysiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 998-1009

  Fischer, Adrian G ^a   Klein, Tilmann A ^a,b,c   Ullsperger, Markus ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

action monitoring; EEG; ERN; middle age adults; performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017174341     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12863     Document Type: Article

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