Trial reportNature communications2018
Cortical beta power reflects decision dynamics and uncovers multiple facets of post-error adaptation.
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- A comparative analysis of face and object perception in 2D laboratory and virtual reality settings: insights from induced oscillatory responses.Experimental brain research · 2024Article
- Flanker task parameters are related to the strength of association between the ERN and anxiety: a meta-analysis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- People are more error-prone after committing an error.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Orthogonal neural encoding of targets and distractors supports multivariate cognitive control.Nature human behaviour · 2024Article
- Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024Article
- Humans reconfigure target and distractor processing to address distinct task demands.Psychological review · 2024Article
- A thin line between conflict and reaction time effects on EEG and fMRI brain signals.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
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- Early Action Error Processing Is Due to Domain-General Surprise, Whereas Later Processing Is Error Specific.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Unraveling the influence of trial-based motivational changes on performance monitoring stages in a flanker task.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- From Motivation to Action: Action Cost Better Predicts Changes in Premovement Beta-Band Activity than Speed.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Multimodal collaborative brain-computer interfaces aid human-machine team decision-making in a pandemic scenario.Journal of neural engineering · 2022Article
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Abstract
Adapting to errors quickly is essential for survival. Reaction slowing after errors is commonly observed but whether this slowing is adaptive or maladaptive is unclear. Here, we analyse a large dataset from a flanker task using two complementary approaches: a multistage drift-diffusion model, and the lateralisation of EEG beta power as a time-resolved index of choice formation. Fitted model parameters and their independently measured neuronal proxies in beta power convergently show a complex interplay of multiple mechanisms initiated after mistakes. Suppression of distracting evidence, response threshold increase, and reduction of evidence accumulation cause slow and accurate post-error responses. This data provides evidence for both adaptive control and maladaptive orienting after errors yielding an adaptive net effect - a decreased likelihood to repeat mistakes. Generally, lateralised beta power provides a non-invasive readout of action selection for the study of speeded cognitive control processes.
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