The modulation of the Ne-like wave on correct responses foreshadows errors

Allain, Sonia; Carbonnell, Laurence; Falkenstein, Michael; Burle, Borı́s; Vidal, Franck

doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2004.09.036

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“…Our findings extend EEG studies reporting a reduced medial frontal negativity time locked to correct responses on trials immediately preceding errors (7)(8)(9). A recent fMRI study using a stop-signal paradigm showed increased activity in the DMN on the trial before errors of commission (10).…”

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“…Although it is conceivable that patterns of brain activity preceding action execution are causally responsible for the behavioral outcome, previous research of human performance monitoring typically focused on brain activity evoked by and occurring after behavioral errors and the ensuing adaptive compensatory mechanisms (4)(5)(6). It is not known yet how far ahead in time the state of cortical brain networks impacts on behavioral performance; some EEG and functional MRI (fMRI) evidence exists suggesting that activity in the preceding trial foreshadows subsequent errors but not earlier than that (7)(8)(9)(10). The present study investigated this question by means of a single-trial analysis of event-related independent components (IC) in fMRI data during a visual task requiring rapid responses.…”

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Prediction of human errors by maladaptive changes in event-related brain networks

Eichele

Debener

Calhoun

et al. 2008

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Humans engaged in monotonous tasks are susceptible to occasional errors that may lead to serious consequences, but little is known about brain activity patterns preceding errors. Using functional MRI and applying independent component analysis followed by deconvolution of hemodynamic responses, we studied error preceding brain activity on a trial-by-trial basis. We found a set of brain regions in which the temporal evolution of activation predicted performance errors. These maladaptive brain activity changes started to evolve Ϸ30 sec before the error. In particular, a coincident decrease of deactivation in default mode regions of the brain, together with a decline of activation in regions associated with maintaining task effort, raised the probability of future errors. Our findings provide insights into the brain network dynamics preceding human performance errors and suggest that monitoring of the identified precursor states may help in avoiding human errors in critical real-world situations.deconvolution ͉ performance monitoring ͉ default mode ͉ frontal lobe H uman behavior may be strongly determined by the ongoing intrinsic dynamics of regional brain networks (1-3). Although it is conceivable that patterns of brain activity preceding action execution are causally responsible for the behavioral outcome, previous research of human performance monitoring typically focused on brain activity evoked by and occurring after behavioral errors and the ensuing adaptive compensatory mechanisms (4-6). It is not known yet how far ahead in time the state of cortical brain networks impacts on behavioral performance; some EEG and functional MRI (fMRI) evidence exists suggesting that activity in the preceding trial foreshadows subsequent errors but not earlier than that (7-10). The present study investigated this question by means of a single-trial analysis of event-related independent components (IC) in fMRI data during a visual task requiring rapid responses.We analyzed patterns of evoked brain activity across trials that preceded erroneous behavior and may thus be instrumental in causing errors. Errors in this simple repetitive forced-choice task in a controlled setting may principally have two mutually nonexclusive causes: One source of errors consists simply of random failures to implement the correct behavior, which may be generated by momentary fluctuations in neural activity during stimulus processing and response selection in a given trial (1, 11). Although it is possible to make predictions about adaptive behavior in trials succeeding an error, it would be largely impossible in this condition to anticipate future errors from current brain states. Another possibility is that a proportion of errors may be caused by a systematic maladjustment in cognitive control systems that develops more slowly over time, and which thus affords a prediction about future behavior, in particular the likelihood of an erroneous response from analyzing trends in the history of activity across trials. Models of cognitive control propose a p...

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Prediction of human errors by maladaptive changes in event-related brain networks

Eichele

Debener

Calhoun

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…In agreement with this view, several reports have already revealed distinct attentional "preparatory sets" that preceded, and sometimes even predicted, the accuracy (and speed) of motor behavior during simple visuo-motor tasks (Gevins et al, 1987;Gratton, Coles, Sirevaag, Eriksen, & Donchin, 1988;. Likewise, more recent EEG studies have also shown a positive modulation of the response-locked ERP ("error preceding positivity") on trials preceding errors (Ridderinkhof, Nieuwenhuis, & Bashore, 2003;Allain, Carbonnell, Falkenstein, Burle, & Vidal, 2004;Hajcak, Nieuwenhuis, Ridderinkhof, & Simons, 2005). This latter ERP activity was thought to reflect a transient deficiency in the action monitoring system.…”

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Early Error Detection Predicted by Reduced Pre-response Control Process: An ERP Topographic Mapping Study

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2010

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Advanced ERP topographic mapping techniques were used to study error monitoring functions in human adult participants, and test whether proactive attentional effects during the pre-response time period could later influence early error detection mechanisms (as measured by the ERN component) or not. Participants performed a speeded go/nogo task, and made a substantial number of false alarms that did not differ from correct hits as a function of behavioral speed or actual motor response. While errors clearly elicited an ERN component generated within the dACC following the onset of these incorrect responses, I also found that correct hits were associated with a different sequence of topographic events during the pre-response baseline time-period, relative to errors. A main topographic transition from occipital to posterior parietal regions (including primarily the precuneus) was evidenced for correct hits ~170-150 ms before the response, whereas this topographic change was markedly reduced for errors. The same topographic transition was found for correct hits that were eventually performed slower than either errors or fast (correct) hits, confirming the involvement of this distinctive posterior parietal activity in top-down attentional control rather than motor preparation. Control analyses further ensured that this pre-response topographic effect was not related to differences in stimulus processing. Furthermore, I found a reliable association between the magnitude of the ERN following errors and the duration of this differential precuneus activity during the pre-response baseline, suggesting a functional link between an anticipatory attentional control component subserved by the precuneus and early error detection mechanisms within the dACC. These results suggest reciprocal links between proactive attention control and decision making processes during error monitoring.

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“…Recall, from our examination of correct trials that preceded error trials, that error-preceding trials are characterized by a relative positivity just after response execution. Allain et al (2004) have argued that with Laplacian transformation, this ''positivity'' effect can be explained in large part by a decrease in the CRN. Thus, larger CRNs appear to function as error prophylactics.…”

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The way of our errors: Theme and variations

2010

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Negative feedback, either internal or external, is a fundamental guide to human learning and performance. The neural system that underlies the monitoring of performance and the adjustment of behavior has been subject to multiple neuroimaging investigations that uniformly implicate the anterior cingulate cortex and other prefrontal structures as crucial to these executive functions. The present article describes a series of experiments that employed event-related potentials to study a variety of processes associated with internal or external feedback. Three medial-frontal negativities (error-related negativity, correct-response negativity, feedback-related negativity) are highlighted, each of which plays an important role in the monitoring and dynamic adjustment of behavior. Extensions of basic research on these ERPs to questions relevant to clinical-science are also provided.

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The modulation of the Ne-like wave on correct responses foreshadows errors

Cited by 95 publications

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Prediction of human errors by maladaptive changes in event-related brain networks

Prediction of human errors by maladaptive changes in event-related brain networks

Early Error Detection Predicted by Reduced Pre-response Control Process: An ERP Topographic Mapping Study

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