Target and Non-Target Processing during Oddball and Cyberball: A Comparative Event-Related Potential Study.

ABSTRACT: The phenomenon of social exclusion can be investigated by using a virtual ball-tossing game called Cyberball. In neuroimaging studies, structures have been identified which are activated during social exclusion. But to date the underlying mechanisms are not fully disclosed. In previous electrophysiological studies it was shown that the P3 complex is sensitive to exclusion manipulations in the Cyberball paradigm and that there is a correlation between P3 amplitude and self-reported social pain. Since this posterior event-related potential (ERP) was widely investigated using the oddball paradigm, we directly compared the ERP effects elicited by the target (Cyberball: "ball possession") and non-target (Cyberball: "ball possession of a co-player) events in both paradigms. Analyses mainly focus

SUBMITTER: Weschke S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4839683 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature