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ArticleCognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience2025

Test-retest reliability and repeatability of behavioral and electrophysiological markers of cognitive control in an Eriksen Flanker Task.

Mario Bogdanov, Jason N Scott, Shiba M Esfand, Brian W Boyle, Ty Lees, Mohan Li, Sarah E Woronko, Samantha R Linton, Courtney Miller, Shuang Li and 3 more

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Mario BogdanovCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA. mbogdanov1@mclean.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2386-3557
Jason N ScottCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Shiba M EsfandCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Brian W BoyleCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Ty LeesCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Mohan LiCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Sarah E WoronkoCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Samantha R LintonCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Courtney MillerPsychiatric Neurotherapeutics Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.
Shuang LiCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Paula BoltonPsychiatric Neurotherapeutics Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.
Robert C MeisnerCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.
Diego A PizzagalliCenter for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA.

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Abstract

Cognitive control processes, specifically interference control and error monitoring, are often impaired across neuropsychiatric disorders and have been proposed as transdiagnostic markers of psychopathology and important treatment targets. Accurately probing them, however, requires understanding the psychometric properties of the measures used to assess cognitive control, including their intra- and interindividual stability over time. Using an Eriksen Flanker Task, we tested behavioral and electrophysiological readouts of cognitive control in 36 healthy individuals (26 females, 10 males; mean age ± standard deviation = 33.18 ± 14.49, range = 19-68) and evaluated their test-retest reliability across 48 hours by calculating Spearman correlations and Intraclass Correlation Coefficients to assess group-level stability. Moreover, we assessed repeatability through Coefficients of Variation and Bland-Altman statistics to investigate the degree of change in participants' absolute scores. We found moderate-to-excellent test-retest reliability for most cognitive control measures, with condition-specific metrics generally being more reliable than difference scores. Regarding repeatability, we observed considerable intraindividual variability in absolute scores over time, which differed widely between participants. These results demonstrate that measurements of cognitive control may display substantial intraindividual variability across sessions despite demonstrating high test-retest reliability and vice versa. Our findings expand the current literature by providing novel information about the stability of behavioral and physiological markers of cognitive control over time. Moreover, they may have important implications for the application and evaluation of clinical interventions by highlighting the usefulness of considering repeatability measures in addition to the more commonly reported test-retest reliability metrics, when tracking changes over time in clinically relevant processes within single individuals.

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CognitionExecutive FunctionNeuropsychological TestsPsychomotor PerformanceAdultAgedElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsYoung AdultCognitive ControlElectrophysiologyPsychometricsReliability

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