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Reduced premovement positivity during the stimulus‐response interval precedes errors: Using single‐trial and regression ERPs to understand performance deficits in ADHD

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Burwell, Scott J., Makeig, Scott, Iacono, William G., Malone, Stephen M.·2019·Psychophysiology

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Brain mechanisms linked to incorrect response selections made under time pressure during cognitive task performance are poorly understood, particularly in adolescents with attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using subject‐specific multimodal imaging (electroencephalogram, magnetic resonance imaging, behavior) during flanker task performance by a sample of 94 human adolescents (mean age = 15.5 years, 50% female) with varying degrees of ADHD symptomatology, we examined the degree to which amplitude features of source‐resolved event‐related potentials (ERPs) from brain‐independent component processes within a critical (but often ignored) period in the action selection process, the stimulus‐response interval, were associated with motor response errors (across trials) and error rates (across individuals). Response errors were typically preceded by two smaller peaks in both trial‐level and trial‐averaged ERP projections from posterior medial frontal cortex (pMFC): a frontocentral P3 peaking about 390 ms after stimulus onset, and a premovement positivity (PMP) peaking about 110 ms before the motor response. Separating overlapping stimulus‐locked and response‐locked ERP contributions using a “regression ERP” approach showed that trial errors and participant error rates were primarily associated with smaller PMP, and not with frontocentral P3. Moreover, smaller PMP mediated the association between larger numbers of errors and ADHD symptoms, suggesting the possible value of using PMP as an intervention target to remediate performance deficits in ADHD.

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Authors
Burwell, S. J., Makeig, S., Iacono, W. G., & Malone, S. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Burwell, Scott J.
Venue
Psychophysiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-05-12
Volume
56
Issue
9
Pages
e13392-e13392
ISSN
  • 0048-5772 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8986
OpenAlex
W2945819169
Cited by
16
References
120
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 8
FWCI
2.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA017314)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA036216, DA037183, DA05147)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, response errors, error rate, adolescents, flanker task, posterior medial frontal cortex, P3, action selection, time pressure
MeSH terms
Behavior Observation Techniques, Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Motor Activity, Psychomotor Performance, Twins, Monozygotic, Event-Related Potentials, P300

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