ERP Correlates of Feedback and Reward Processing in the Presence and Absence of Response Choice
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The feedback negativity is a component of the event-related brain potential that is elicited by feedback stimuli associated with unfavorable outcomes. The present research investigated whether this component reflects an evaluation of the valence of experienced outcomes or a process of learning about actions that led to those outcomes. The latter hypothesis predicts that the feedback negativity should be observed only when negative outcomes are experienced in relation to executed actions. Contrary to this prediction, feedback negativities were observed in simple monetary gambling tasks in which participants made no active choices (experiment 1) and no overt actions (experiment 2). However, the amplitude of the component was reduced in these tasks relative to a gambling task in which the outcomes appeared to be contingent upon participants' response choices. This reduction was correlated with changes in participants' subjective ratings of involvement in the tasks, suggesting that the evaluative process indexed by the feedback negativity is sensitive to the motivational significance of ongoing events.
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- Authors
- Yeung, N., Holroyd, C. B., & Cohen, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Princeton University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Corresponding author
- Yeung, Nick
- Venue
- Cerebral Cortex
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- Oxford University Press (OUP)
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- 2004-08-18
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- 15
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 535-544
- ISSN
- 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2199
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- en
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- Carnegie Mellon University
- National Institutes of Health (5f32mh063550-03)
- Center for Neuroscience Research
- National Institute of Mental Health (P50 MH62196, P50MH062196, MH 63550)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- feedback negativity, reward processing, outcome valence, response selection, event-related potentials, motivation, task involvement, adverse outcomes
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Brain, Choice Behavior, Decision Making, Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted, Electroencephalography, Feedback, Female, Gambling, Humans, Male, Psychomotor Performance, Reinforcement, Psychology, Reward, Risk-Taking, Statistics as Topic, Event-Related Potentials, P300
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