Neural mechanisms and temporal dynamics of performance monitoring

Ullsperger, Markus; Fischer, Adrian G.; Nigbur, Roland; Endraß, Tanja

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2014.02.009

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“…error rate was 0.2). For this experiment we considered each different recording day as a different condition to test the classifier generalisation 1 . The second experiment follows the same approach where the user monitors the cursor movements.…”

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“…The existence of brain activity correlated to error monitoring has been widely studied using different imaging methods [1]. Several works have uncovered electroencephalography correlates of errors of different nature, including errors committed by oneself [2], error related to the perceived feedback [3] as well as errors in the interaction with external devices [4].…”

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Spatial filters yield stable features for error-related potentials across conditions

Iwane

Chavarriaga

Iturrate

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)

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Abstract-Error-related potentials (ErrP) have been increasingly studied in psychophysical experiments as well as for brainmachine interfacing. In the latter case, the generalisation capabilities of ErrP decoders is a crucial element to avoid frequent recalibration processes, thus increasing their usability. Previous studies have suggested that ErrP signals are rather stable across recording sessions. Also, studies using protocols of serial stimuli presentation show that these potentials do not change significantly with the presentation rate. Here we complement these studies by analysing the decoding generalisation capabilities. Using data from monitoring experiments, we evaluate how much the performance degrades when tested in a condition different than the one the decoder was trained with. Moreover, we compare different spatial filtering techniques to see which preprocessing steps yield less-sensitive features for ErrP decoding.

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Section: A Experimental Protocolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial filters yield stable features for error-related potentials across conditions

Iwane

Chavarriaga

Iturrate

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)

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“…Altered self-monitoring is a core feature of many psychiatric disorders, with deficient monitoring seen in schizophrenia (Frith and Done, 1989;Turken et al, 2003), and excessive monitoring in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) (Salkovskis, 1999;Gehring et al, 2000). Numerous studies have implicated the medial frontal cortex (MFC), especially the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), in this crucial executive control function (Carter et al, 2001;Rushworth et al 2004;Posner et al 2007;Ridderinkhof et al 2007;Ullsperger et al, 2014).…”

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Intact error monitoring in combat Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

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Honzel

Turken

2015

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

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The error-related negativity (ERN) is a neuroelectric signature of performance monitoring during speeded response time tasks. Previous studies indicate that individuals with anxiety disorders show ERN enhancements that correlate with the degree of clinical symptomology. Less is known about the error monitoring system in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is characterized by impairments in the regulation of fear and other emotional responses, as well as deficits in maintaining cognitive control. Here, combat Veterans with PTSD were compared to control Veterans in two different versions of the flanker task (n=13 or 14 per group). Replicating and extending previous findings, PTSD patients showed an intact ERN in both experiments. In addition, task performance and error compensation behavior were intact. Finally, ERN amplitude showed no relationship with self-reported PTSD, depression, or post-concussive symptoms. These results suggest that error monitoring represents a relative strength in PTSD that can dissociate from cognitive control functions that are impaired, such as response inhibition and sustained attention. A healthy awareness of errors in external actions could be leveraged to improve interoceptive awareness of emotional state. The results could have positive implications for PTSD treatments that rely on self-monitoring abilities, such as neurofeedback and mindfulness training.

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“…Converging evidence from electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies suggests that common neural mechanisms are involved in monitoring self-generated errors -when subjects make wrong decisions in response to cues-as well as when they observe erroneous external events or feedbacks (van Schie et al, 2004;Cavanagh, Zambrano-Vazquez, and Allen, 2012;Ullsperger et al, 2014). The medial frontal cortex (MFC), and more specifically the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has been suggested as the putative locus of these mechanisms (Milner et al, 2004;de Bruijn et al, 2009;Shane et al, 2008).…”

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“…The electrophysiological signature of these monitoring processes appears as an event-related potential (ERP) over frontocentral areas elicited by both self-generated and external errors (Cavanagh, Zambrano-Vazquez, and Allen, 2012;Ullsperger et al, 2014). In the former case, the ERP shows an early negative deflection, termed as error-related negativity (ERN), appearing no later than 120 ms after the erroneous motor response (Gehring et al, 1993).…”

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Discriminant brain connectivity patterns of performance monitoring at average and single-trial levels

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Electrophysiological and neuroimaging evidence suggest the existence of common mechanisms for monitoring erroneous events, independent of the source of errors. Previous works have described modulations of theta activity in the medial frontal cortex elicited by either self-generated errors or erroneous feedback. In turn, similar patterns have recently been reported to appear after the observation of external errors. We report cross-regional interactions after observation of errors at both average and single-trial levels. We recorded scalp electroencephalography (EEG) signals from 15 subjects while monitoring the movement of a cursor on a computer screen. Connectivity patterns, estimated using multivariate auto-regressive models, show increased error-related modulations of the information transfer in the theta and alpha bands between frontocentral and frontolateral areas. Conversely, a decrease of connectivity in the beta band is also observed. These network patterns are similar to those elicited by self-generated errors. However, since no motor response is required, they appear to be related to intrinsic mechanisms of error processing, instead of being linked to co-activation of motor areas. Noticeably, we demonstrate that cross-regional interaction patterns can be estimated on a trial-by-trial basis. These trial-specific patterns, consistent with the multi-trial analysis, convey discriminant information on whether a trial was elicited by observation of an erroneous action. Overall, our study supports the role of frequency-specific modulations in the medial frontal cortex in coordinating cross-regional activity during cognitive monitoring at a single-trial basis.

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Neural mechanisms and temporal dynamics of performance monitoring

Cited by 385 publications

References 93 publications

Spatial filters yield stable features for error-related potentials across conditions

Spatial filters yield stable features for error-related potentials across conditions

Intact error monitoring in combat Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

Discriminant brain connectivity patterns of performance monitoring at average and single-trial levels

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