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Alcohol and error processing.

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A recent study indicates that alcohol consumption reduces the amplitude of the error-related negativity (ERN), a negative deflection in the electroencephalogram associated with error commission. Here, we explore possible mechanisms underlying this result ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2003Aug in Journal: Trends Neurosci (Language : eng)

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Alcohol and error processing.

Holroyd CB, Yeung N

Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. cholroyd@princeton.edu

A recent study indicates that alcohol consumption reduces the amplitude of the error-related negativity (ERN), a negative deflection in the electroencephalogram associated with error commission. Here, we explore possible mechanisms underlying this result in the context of two recent theories about the neural system that produces the ERN - one based on principles of reinforcement learning and the other based on response conflict monitoring.

PMID : 12900168 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Clay B	Holroyd	CB
Nick	Yeung	N

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. cholroyd@princeton.edu

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