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The Effects of Changes in Motivation on Alpha Enhancement
Author(s) -
Kondo C. Y.,
Travis T. A.,
Knott J. R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1975.tb00007.x
Subject(s) - psychology , alpha (finance) , reinforcement , cognitive psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , construct validity , psychometrics
The effect of varying monetary reinforcement on performance in an occipital alpha enhancement situation was examined. It was found that alpha output was increased with larger rewards but that the changes in performance were not linearly related to size of reward.