Contingent Negative Variation
"Contingent Negative Variation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A negative shift of the cortical electrical potentials that increases over time. It is associated with an anticipated response to an expected stimulus and is an electrical event indicative of a state of readiness or expectancy.
| Descriptor ID |
D003265
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.265.216.500.250 G11.561.200.500.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Contingent Negative Variation- Contingent Negative Variation
- Contingent Negative Variations
- Variation, Contingent Negative
- Variations, Contingent Negative
Bereitschaftspotential- Bereitschaftspotential
- Bereitschaftspotentials
- Readiness Potential
- Potential, Readiness
- Potentials, Readiness
- Readiness Potentials
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Contingent Negative Variation" by people in Profiles.
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Hajcak G, Dennis TA. Brain potentials during affective picture processing in children. Biol Psychol. 2009 Mar; 80(3):333-8.
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Wicha NY, Moreno EM, Kutas M. Expecting gender: an event related brain potential study on the role of grammatical gender in comprehending a line drawing within a written sentence in Spanish. Cortex. 2003 Jun; 39(3):483-508.