Brain bases of error-related ERPs as influenced by age and task

Mathewson, Karen J.; Dywan, Jane; Segalowitz, Sidney J.

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2004.12.005

Cited by 136 publications

(123 citation statements)

References 68 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

103

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Similar to the ERN, the Pe is also reduced in older adults [3], which substantiates the view that action monitoring processes are weakened in older adults [23]. Although debate continues as to whether the Pe reflects a predominantly cognitive [16,38] or predominantly emotional [22,57] process, all current hypotheses agree that the Pe indexes an evaluative process associated with ACC activation. In the accuracy condition, the high-SE individuals exhibited greater Pe amplitude than the low-SE individuals, regardless of the quality of the response (i.e., correct, error).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

“…It peaks after the ERN (about 300 ms following an error response) and is maximal over centro-parietal recording sites. The Pe has been described as a post-response evaluation of an error [16,20], an emotional (subjective) reaction to the commission of an error [22,57], or the allocation of attentional resources toward an error; similar to the allocation of attention reflected in the P3-ERP component during stimulus processing [38]. As with the ERN component, Pe amplitude is reduced in older adults compared to younger adults, suggesting a deficiency in action monitoring processes for older individuals [3].…”

Section: 32mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Considering error trials are typically associated with faster RT than correct trials [23,38,61], this procedure removes artifacts that may exist in the timing of processing due to differences in response latency for correct and error trials, and results in an equal number of matched-correct trials and error trials for each individual to compare differences across accuracy conditions.…”

Section: Event-related Potentials (Erps)-electroencephalographicmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults

Themanson

Hillman

McAuley

et al. 2008

Neurobiology of Aging

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The relationships between self-efficacy (SE), i.e., beliefs in personal capabilities, and behavioral and neuroelectric (i.e., ERN, Pe) indices of action monitoring were investigated in 40 older adults (13 male) during the completion of a flanker paradigm performed under task conditions emphasizing either accuracy or speed. SE relative to task performance during both conditions was assessed prior to each cognitive task. Results indicated that high-SE older adults exhibited larger ERN and Pe amplitudes compared to low-SE older adults under the accuracy instruction condition. Additionally, a moderating effect of SE on the relationship between ERN and post-error response accuracy was revealed in the accuracy condition, with greater ERN amplitude associated with greater post-error accuracy in the high-SE group. No significant relationships were evident between ERN and posterror accuracy in the low-SE group. Further, no significant relationships involving SE were observed in the speed condition. The findings suggest that SE may be related to neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults when task demands require greater attention to action monitoring processes.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 70%

Section: 32mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Event-related Potentials (Erps)-electroencephalographicmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults

Themanson

Hillman

McAuley

et al. 2008

Neurobiology of Aging

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Matching involved selecting individual correct trials for each participant, without replacement, that matched the RT of each error trial for that individual. Because error trials are typically associated with shorter RT than correct trials (Falkenstein, Hoormann, & Hohnsbein, 2001;Mathewson et al, 2005;Yeung et al, 2004), this procedure removes artifacts that may exist in the timing of processing due to differences in response latency for correct and error trials and results in an equal number of matched-correct trials and error trials for each individual to compare differences across accuracy conditions. Task performance.…”

Section: Data Reductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aerobic fitness and cognitive development: Event-related brain potential and task performance indices of executive control in preadolescent children.

Hillman

Buck

Themanson

et al. 2009

Developmental Psychology

371

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The relationship between aerobic fitness and executive control was assessed in 38 higher-and lower-fit children (M age ϭ 9.4 years), grouped according to their performance on a field test of aerobic capacity. Participants performed a flanker task requiring variable amounts of executive control while event-related brain potential responses and task performance were assessed. Results indicated that higher-fit children performed more accurately across conditions of the flanker task and following commission errors when compared to lower-fit children, whereas no group differences were observed for reaction time. Neuroelectric data indicated that P3 amplitude was larger for higher-compared to lower-fit children across conditions of the flanker task, and higher-fit children exhibited reduced error-related negativity amplitude and increased error positivity amplitude compared to lower-fit children. The data suggest that fitness is associated with better cognitive performance on an executive control task through increased cognitive control, resulting in greater allocation of attentional resources during stimulus encoding and a subsequent reduction in conflict during response selection. The findings differ from those observed in adult populations by indicating a general rather than a selective relationship between aerobic fitness and cognition.

show abstract

“…It is possible that posterror slowing is linked indirectly to the ERN, or more directly to other error-related neural activity such as the Pe waveform. Although the Pe waveform has been localized to the rostral ACC region (Herrmann et al, 2004;Mathewson et al, 2005), other studies, including those that attempted to manipulate the awareness (or unawareness) of errors, have identified both prefrontal and parietal regions contributing to the Pe or error awareness (Brazdil et al, 2002;Nieuwenhuis et al, 2001). It appears increasingly likely that whereas certain regions are consistently linked with errorrelated neural activity, a network of regions is contributing to post-error processes such as response slowing and performance adaptation.…”

Section: Post-error Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Post-Error Behavior in Active Cocaine Users: Poor Awareness of Errors in the Presence of Intact Performance Adjustments

Hester

Simões‐Franklin

Garavan

2007

Neuropsychopharmacol

108

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Active cocaine abusers have a diminished neural response to errors, particularly in the anterior cingulate cortex thought critical to error processing. The inability to detect, or adjust performance following errors has been linked to clinical symptoms including the loss of insight and perseverative behavior. We investigated the cognitive implications of this diminished error-related activity, using response inhibition tasks that required error awareness and performance adaptation. Twenty-one active cocaine users (six female subjects, mean age ¼ 40.3) and 22 non-drug using adults (six female subjects, mean ¼ 39.9) participated. The results indicated that cocaine users consistently demonstrated poorer inhibitory control, a deficit accompanied by reduced awareness of errors. Adaptation of post-error reaction times did not differ between groups, although a different measure of adaptive behavior: exerting inhibitory control on the trial immediately after failing to inhibit, was significantly poorer in the cocaine using sample. In summary, cocaine users demonstrated a diminished capacity for monitoring their behavior, but were able to perform post-error adjustment to processes not already suffering an underlying deficit. These difficulties are consistent with previous reports of cocaine-related hypoactivity in the neural system underlying cognitive control, and highlight the potential for cognitive dysfunction to manifest as behavioral deficits that likely contribute to the maintenance of drug dependence.

show abstract

Brain bases of error-related ERPs as influenced by age and task

Cited by 136 publications

References 68 publications

Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults

Self-efficacy effects on neuroelectric and behavioral indices of action monitoring in older adults

Aerobic fitness and cognitive development: Event-related brain potential and task performance indices of executive control in preadolescent children.

Post-Error Behavior in Active Cocaine Users: Poor Awareness of Errors in the Presence of Intact Performance Adjustments

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About