Error-negativity and positivity as they relate to other ERP indices of attentional control and stimulus processing

Davies, Patricia L; Segalowitz, Sidney J; Dywan, Jane; Pailing, Patricia E

doi:10.1016/s0301-0511(01)00080-1

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Error-negativity and positivity as they relate to other ERP indices of attentional control and stimulus processing

Davies, Patricia L, Segalowitz, Sidney J, Dywan, Jane, Pailing, Patricia E·2001·Biological Psychology

DOI 10.1016/s0301-0511(01)00080-1

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We compared individual differences in the ERP associated with incorrect responses in a discrimination task with other ERP components associated with attentional control and stimulus discrimination (N2, P3, CNV). Trials with errors that are detected by the subject normally produce a negativity (N(E)) immediately following the response followed by a positivity (P(E)). The morphology of the N(E) and the P(E) is similar to that of the standard N2-P3 complex on correct discrimination trials. Our findings suggest that the P(E) is a P3 response to the internal detection of errors. The N(E), however, appears to be distinct from the N2. Finally, even though both the contingent negative variation (CNV) and the N(E) are associated with prefrontal cortex and the allocation of attention to response accuracy, the N(E) and CNV did not relate to one another.

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The ERN and feedback ERN have a midline frontocentral topography, and the Pe has a more widespread centroparietal topography.
“the ERN and feedback ERN have been described to have a midline frontocentral topography (Falkenstein et al., 1991; Gehring et al., 1993) and the Pe a more widespread centroparietal topography (Davies et al., 2001; Falkenstein et al., 1991).”
From Error and feedback processing in children with ADHD and children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: An EEG event-related potential study (2008) · cites this paper as Davies et al., 2001
The Pe has been suggested to reflect phasic noradrenaline responses from the LC-NE system in response to errors.
“the Pe has been suggested to reflect phasic noradrenaline responses from the LC-NE system in response to errors (Davies et al., 2001; Leuthold and Sommer, 1999; O'Connell et al., 2007; Overbeek et al., 2005).”
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Authors: Davies, P. L., Segalowitz, S. J., Dywan, J., & Pailing, P. E.
Affiliations: Colorado State University (US)
Brock University (CA)
University of Waterloo (CA)
Corresponding author: Segalowitz, Sidney J
ORCID: Davies, Patricia L
Segalowitz, Sidney J
Venue: Biological Psychology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2001-06
Volume: 56
Issue: 3
Pages: 191-206
ISSN: 0301-0511 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0511(01)00080-1
OpenAlex: W2141485050
Cited by: 119
References: 45
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FWCI: 1.92
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Biological Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1 K01 HD01201-01A1, K01HD001201)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Keywords: error-related negativity, error positivity, attentional control, stimulus discrimination, N2, P3, contingent negative variation, individual differences, error detection, prefrontal cortex, response accuracy, event-related potentials
MeSH terms: Adult, Attention, Discrimination Learning, Evoked Potentials, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Processes, Task Performance and Analysis

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