The effect of the physical presence of co-players on perceived ostracism and event-related brain potentials in the cyberball paradigm.

The affective and cognitive mechanisms elicited by the experience of social exclusion-or ostracism-have recently been explored using behavioral and neurocognitive methods. Most of the studies took advantage of the Cyberball paradigm, a virtual ball tossing game with presumed co-players connected via...

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Main Authors: Sarah Weschke, Michael Niedeggen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3739783?pdf=render