The Influence of Room Size on Error Monitoring: Evidence from Event-Related Potential Responses

AbstractThe error-related negativity (ERN) is a response-locked event-related potential, occurring approximately 50 ms following an erroneous response at frontocentral electrode sites. Source localization and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research indicate that the ERN is likely generated by activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC). The dACC is thought to be a part of a broader network of brain regions that collectively comprise an error-monitoring network. However, little is known about how intrinsic connectivity within the dACC-based error-monitoring network contributes to variability in ERN amplitude. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between dACC functional connectivity and ERN amplitude. In a sample of 53 highly trait-anxious individuals, the ERN was elicited in a flanker task and functional connectivity was assessed in a 10-minute resting-state fMRI scan. Results suggest that the strength of dACC seeded functional connectivity with the supplementary motor area is correlated with the ΔERN (i.e., incorrect – correct responses) amplitude such that greater ΔERN amplitude was accompanied by greater functional coupling between these regions. In addition to the dACC, exploratory analyses found that functional connectivity in the caudate, cerebellum, and a number of regions in the error-monitoring network were linked to variability in ΔERN amplitude. In sum, ERN amplitude appears to be related to the strength of functional connectivity between error-monitoring and motor control regions of the brain.

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Error Awareness in a Saccade Countermanding Task

Journal of Psychophysiology ◽

10.1027/0269-8803.19.4.275 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 275-280 ◽

Cited By ~ 77

Author(s):

Tanja Endrass ◽

Cosima Franke ◽

Norbert Kathmann

Keyword(s):

Performance Feedback ◽

Stop Signal ◽

Event Related Potential ◽

Stop Signal Task ◽

Response Monitoring ◽

Error Monitoring ◽

Error Awareness ◽

Error Positivity ◽

Oculomotor Response ◽

Countermanding Task

Abstract: Stop-signal tasks can be used to analyze mechanisms of action control and error monitoring. Previous event-related potential (ERP) studies indicated enhanced stop-signal N2 amplitudes for unsuccessful compared with successful inhibition. The aim of this study was to further investigate whether stop-signal related and response-related ERP components would reflect different aspects of error processing. ERPs were recorded during a saccade countermanding task, i.e. a stop-signal task with oculomotor response. Error awareness was obtained from subjective accuracy ratings. The response-related error positivity (Pe) was more pronounced for perceived than for unperceived errors whereas awareness of an error did not modulate the magnitude of the error negativity (Ne). This result is in accordance with previous findings. Stop-signal related ERPs revealed enhanced N2 amplitudes for incorrect (unsuccessfully stopped) trials compared with correct trials. However, this enhancement was restricted to perceived errors. The results support the idea that the stop-signal itself provides a performance feedback and the N2 reflects aspects of conscious response monitoring of unsuccessful inhibition.

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Developmental changes in error monitoring: An event-related potential study

Neuropsychologia ◽

10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.01.004 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 45 (8) ◽

pp. 1649-1657 ◽

Cited By ~ 93

Author(s):

Jan R. Wiersema ◽

Jacob J. van der Meere ◽

Herbert Roeyers

Keyword(s):

Event Related Potential ◽

Developmental Changes ◽

Error Monitoring ◽

Potential Study

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Response-locked component of error monitoring in psychopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of error-related negativity/positivity

10.31234/osf.io/9hc8n ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

William Vallet ◽

Cecilia Neige ◽

Sabine MOUCHET-MAGES ◽

Jerome Brunelin ◽

Simon Grondin

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Externalizing Behaviors ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Psychopathic Traits ◽

Event Related Potential ◽

Error Monitoring ◽

Error Related Negativity ◽

Analysis Of Error ◽

Etiological Heterogeneity ◽

Personality Construct

Prior findings reported that externalizing behaviors are closely related to disturbances in error monitoring. It has been suggested that these impairments are not applied to individuals with psychopathy. However, mixed results are reported in the field considering the etiological heterogeneity of the psychopathy construct. Most of the scales for the assessment of psychopathic traits use a modern conception of psychopathy. This conception suggests a pathological personality construct comprising factor conceptualization rather than a unitary construct. Deficits in error-related processing measures with event-related potential components are reported among individuals with psychopathy, but it is unclear whether these deficits are modulated by an interpersonal-affective or an impulsive-antisocial dimension

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Error monitoring in children with ADHD or reading disorder: An event-related potential study

Biological Psychology ◽

10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.01.011 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 84 (2) ◽

pp. 176-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Séverine Van De Voorde ◽

Herbert Roeyers ◽

Jan Roelf Wiersema

Keyword(s):

Event Related Potential ◽

Reading Disorder ◽

Error Monitoring ◽

Children With Adhd ◽

Potential Study

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P.4.018 General error monitoring system dysfunction in obsessive compulsive disorder patients: an event-related potential study

European Neuropsychopharmacology ◽

10.1016/s0924-977x(13)70093-2 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. S82-S83 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

L. Carmi ◽

U. Alyagon ◽

A. Zangen ◽

R. Dar ◽

J. Zohar

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Monitoring System ◽

Event Related Potential ◽

Error Monitoring ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Potential Study ◽

General Error

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Effects of Trait Anxiety on Error Processing and Post-error Adjustments: An Event-Related Potential Study With Stop-Signal Task

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ◽

10.3389/fnhum.2021.650838 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 ◽

Author(s):

Meng-Tien Hsieh ◽

Hsinjie Lu ◽

Chia-I Lin ◽

Tzu-Han Sun ◽

Yi-Ru Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Inhibitory Control ◽

Trait Anxiety ◽

Event Related Potentials ◽

Stop Signal ◽

Event Related Potential ◽

Stop Signal Task ◽

Error Monitoring ◽

Error Awareness ◽

Related Potentials ◽

Error Perception

The present study aimed to use event-related potentials with the stop-signal task to investigate the effects of trait anxiety on inhibitory control, error monitoring, and post-error adjustments. The stop-signal reaction time (SSRT) was used to evaluate the behavioral competence of inhibitory control. Electrophysiological signals of error-related negativity (ERN) and error positivity (Pe) were used to study error perception and error awareness, respectively. Post-error slowing (PES) was applied to examine the behavioral adjustments after making errors. The results showed that SSRT and PES did not differ significantly between individuals with high trait anxiety (HTA) and those with low trait anxiety (LTA). However, individuals with HTA demonstrated reduced ERN amplitudes and prolonged Pe latencies than those with LTA. Prolonged Pe latencies were also significantly associated with poorer post-error adjustments. In conclusion, HTA led to reduced cortical responses to error monitoring. Furthermore, inefficient conscious awareness of errors might lead to maladaptive post-error adjustments.

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Error Monitoring in College Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Journal of Psychophysiology ◽

10.1027/0269-8803.23.3.113 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 113-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Wen-Pin Chang ◽

Patricia L. Davies ◽

William J Gavin

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽

Attention Deficit ◽

Event Related Potential ◽

Error Monitoring ◽

Behavioral Performance ◽

Significant Group ◽

Hyperactivity Disorder ◽

Study Results ◽

Students With Adhd

Recent error-related event-related potential (ERP) studies suggest that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) display deficits in error monitoring compared to control children. Information regarding error monitoring deficit in adults with ADHD, however, is scarce. We investigated error monitoring in a sample of college students with ADHD and compared them to their control peers. In addition to error (-related) negativity (Ne/ERN) and error positivity (Pe), we examined behavioral performance such as reaction time (RT) as well as self-reported monitoring behaviors in daily-life situations. Thirty-two college students with no known disorders and 36 college students with ADHD between 18 and 30 years of age participated in this study. Results showed that college students with ADHD were slower in their RT and displayed more RT variability. College students with ADHD also demonstrated significantly smaller Ne/ERN amplitude and shorter Ne/ERN latency compared to control students. There were, however, no significant group differences in either Pe amplitude or Pe latency. With self-reported monitoring behaviors, ADHD students reported significantly more difficulties in both the Self-Monitor and Task Monitor scales of the Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Adult Version (BRIEF-A) compared to control students. Collectively, these results suggest that college students with ADHD have atypical error monitoring as measured by brain processing, behavioral performance, and self-report.

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