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Psychology, Biological
Cameron D. Hassall, Yan Yan, Laurence T. Hunt
Summary: Feedback processing is commonly studied by analyzing the brain's response to discrete events. Recent animal work suggests that midbrain dopaminergic activity can track moment-to-moment changes in reward, but there is a debate whether this activity reflects reward prediction errors or state values. In this study, researchers developed an EEG measure of continuous feedback processing and found that scalp-recorded potentials were consistent with reward anticipation and tonic dopamine release, supporting the hypothesis that this activity is related to reward prediction errors.
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Psychology, Developmental
Elizabeth S. Norton, Leigha A. MacNeill, Emily M. Harriott, Norrina Allen, Sheila Krogh-Jespersen, Christopher D. Smyser, Cynthia E. Rogers, Tara A. Smyser, Joan Luby, Lauren Wakschlag
Summary: This review discusses the potential of EEG and ERP measures in studying neurodevelopment in infants and young children, highlighting the promises and challenges of using these measures. The ongoing multi-site EEG data harmonization process and preliminary usability data for diverse samples are also presented as important steps in enhancing the quality of research in this field.
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Hayley Riel, Catrina MacPhee, Erica D. Rudolph, Philip G. Tibbo, Derek J. Fisher
Summary: This study aimed to examine sex differences in MMN and P3a in auditory change detection. The results showed no significant differences between males and females in these aspects. This study adds to the limited literature on the topic and provides valuable evidence regarding the role of sex differences in auditory change detection mechanisms.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
David A. Prete, David Heikoop, Joshua E. McGillivray, James P. Reilly, Laurel J. Trainor
Summary: The human auditory system is adept at detecting patterns relevant to speech and music processing. Based on the predictive coding theory, the brain predicts incoming sounds, compares predictions to sensory input, and generates a prediction error when there is a mismatch. This study found evidence supporting hierarchical predictive coding, showing that the brain predicts both sounds and silences.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Franziska Kirsch, Hans Kirschner, Adrian Fischer, Tilmann A. Klein, Markus Ullsperger
Summary: The study investigates the independent contributions of valence, surprise, and reward prediction errors (RPE) on the feedback-related neuronal signal, specifically the FRN and P3 components. With a large sample size of 992 healthy individuals, the results show that valence and surprise modulate the FRN, whereas both global and local surprise influence the P3. The behavioral adaptations after feedback and FRN have small associations. These findings support the theory of the FRN as a representation of a signed RPE and indicate that the P3 is involved in evaluating prediction errors in decision-making and learning tasks.
Article
Neurosciences
Linda Margraf, Daniel Krause, Matthias Weigelt
Summary: This study examines the changes in neural feedback processing during the practice of a motor task. Negative feedback elicits more negative responses in the feedback-related negativity, while late fronto-central positivity is associated with complex feedback. Positive feedback activates the P300 more strongly, indicating its significance in updating internal models. After practice, an increase in the P300 amplitude suggests an improved ability to update internal representations based on feedback information.
Article
Psychology, Biological
I. Korolczuk, B. Burle, J. T. Coull, H. Oginska, M. Ociepka, M. Senderecka, K. Smigasiewicz
Summary: This study aimed to investigate whether error monitoring increases in unpredictable contexts, and whether ERN is also increased. The results showed that ERN increased when participants evaluated their responses in unpredictable moments. Furthermore, EMG data revealed slower response times and fewer inhibitory errors in temporally unpredictable trials, indicating enhanced control of unwanted actions. Overall, this study demonstrated that temporal unpredictability increases the control of unwanted actions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chikara Ishii, Jun'ichi Katayama
Summary: This study investigated how predictions of performance history from oneself and others interact. The results showed that the frequency of one's own action outcomes influenced the brain activity of the observer when evaluating others' outcomes, while the performance history of others did not affect the evaluation of one's own outcomes. The study demonstrates that the monitoring system separately tracks the histories of one's own and observed outcomes, considering information related to one's own action outcomes to be more important.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ita Puusepp, Tanja Linnavalli, Milla Huuskonen, Karoliina Kukkonen, Minna Huotilainen, Teija Kujala, Sonja Laine, Elina Kuusisto, Kirsi Tirri
Summary: Neuroscientific research on mindsets, especially among children, is limited. This study focused on general intelligence and math ability mindsets and their impact on automatic reactions to negative feedback in mathematics. The findings suggest that having a higher growth mindset towards math ability is associated with specific brain responses to negative feedback, highlighting the importance of addressing academic-domain-specific beliefs in addition to general mindsets in research and practice.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Alexandria Meyer
Summary: This review focuses on the relationship between the error-related negativity (ERN) and anxiety in children and adolescents. The ERN is increased in anxious individuals and can be reliably measured in children. The ERN predicts risk for increases in anxiety among children. Parenting styles, specifically harsh or critical parenting, may potentiate the ERN in offspring. Novel computerized intervention strategies are being developed to reduce the ERN and risk for anxiety.
Article
Neurosciences
Andre Mattes, Elisa Porth, Jutta Stahl
Summary: The study found that early response monitoring is related to increased response caution and attention on task-relevant features in the subsequent trial, preventing future errors, while later response monitoring helps maintain the ability to respond quickly under speed pressure.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Maria Pyasik, Maddalena Beccherle, Federica Faraoni, Rachele Pezzetta, Valentina Moro
Summary: Monitoring the motor performance of others is important for human behavior. However, studies on monitoring others' errors in ecological actions are scarce, and the role of context has not been explored enough. This study investigated error monitoring during the observation of interrupted reach-to-grasp actions in social and non-social contexts using EEG indices. The results showed that the social context influenced hand image processing, with larger N1 and theta activity for correct actions. This suggests that the social context makes correct actions more salient through the saliency of the achieved common goal.
Article
Neurosciences
Yan Gu, Tianliang Liu, Xuemeng Zhang, Quanshan Long, Na Hu, Yi Zhang, Antao Chen
Summary: FRN is believed to encode reward prediction error, but studies have conflicting views on whether it reflects unsigned or signed prediction error. It is unclear if FRN is sensitive to the interaction of outcome valence and prediction error, or simply responsive to the absolute size of prediction error. The study demonstrates that FRN is sensitive to outcome valence and expectancy violation, exhibiting a preferential response depending on the emphasized dimension.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Elisa Vuoriainen, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Rens Huffmeijer, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Mikko J. Peltola
Summary: Event-related potentials (ERPs) provide insights into parental neural responses to child stimuli, with parents showing greater responses to their own children and these responses being associated with indicators of parenting quality.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Anne L. Willems, Valentina Jelincic, Johan W. S. Vlaeyen, Andreas von Leupoldt, Diana M. Torta
Summary: The study found that predictable and intense punishments influenced the amplitudes of error-related negativity (ERN). While trait anxiety did not show significant effects, predictable painful punishments led to smaller Error Positivity (Pe). The results indicate that unpredictability and increased painfulness enhance the motivational significance of errors without potentiating ERN amplitudes.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Philippe Albouy, Jeremie Mattout, Gaetan Sanchez, Barbara Tillmann, Anne Caclin
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2015)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Philippe Albouy, Yohana Leveque, Krista L. Hyde, Patrick Bouchet, Barbara Tillmann, Anne Caclin
Review
Neurosciences
Barbara Tillmann, Yohana Leveque, Lesly Fornoni, Philippe Albouy, Anne Caclin
Article
Neurosciences
Yohana Leveque, Baptiste Fauvel, Mathilde Groussard, Anne Caclin, Philippe Albouy, Herve Platel, Barbara Tillmann
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Neurosciences
Sam V. Norman-Haignere, Philippe Albouy, Anne Caclin, Josh H. McDermott, Nancy G. Kanwisher, Barbara Tillmann
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2016)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Barbara Tillmann, Philippe Lalitte, Philippe Albouy, Anne Caclin, Emmanuel Bigand
Article
Neurosciences
Philippe Albouy, Aurelien Weiss, Sylvain Baillet, Robert J. Zatorre
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philippe Albouy, Sylvain Baillet, Robert J. Zatorre
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philippe Albouy, Marion Cousineau, Anne Caclin, Barbara Tillmann, Isabelle Peretz
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2016)
Article
Neurosciences
Philippe Albouy, Isabelle Peretz, Patrick Bermudez, Robert J. Zatorre, Barbara Tillmann, Anne Caclin
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2019)
Article
Neurosciences
Philippe Albouy, Anne Caclin, Sam Norman-Haignere, Yohana Leveque, Isabelle Peretz, Barbara Tillmann, Robert J. Zatorre
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philippe Albouy, Lucas Benjamin, Benjamin Morillon, Robert J. Zatorre
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philippe Albouy, Zaida E. Martinez-Moreno, Roxane S. Hoyer, Robert J. Zatorre, Sylvain Baillet
Summary: This study investigates the involvement of the frontoparietal network in different cognitive processes and reveals that rhythmic visual stimulation affects the connectivity of this network and modulates working memory performance.
Article
Neurosciences
Tamar Malinovitch, Philippe Albouy, Robert J. Zatorre, Merav Ahissar
Summary: Contrary to tasks involving perception, working memory (WM) tasks have a limited capacity, impacting cognitive abilities. Training on WM tasks often results in significant improvements, indicating the potential increase in general WM capacity. This study utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans to investigate the underlying processes. The experiment involved training one group with a newly designed tone manipulation WM task and another group with a challenging perceptual task. The results showed task-specific improvements in both groups, with the trained task being the only task affected. Analysis of the group trained with tone manipulation revealed a shift from active manipulation to perceptual verification. These findings suggest that the substantial task-specific enhancement of WM capacity is related to the implementation of task-specific perceptual routines.
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Barbara Tillmann, Jackson E. Graves, Francesca Talamini, Yohana Leveque, Lesly Fornoni, Caliani Hoarau, Agathe Pralus, Jeremie Ginzburg, Philippe Albouy, Anne Caclin
Summary: Congenital amusia is a neuro-developmental disorder that affects music perception and production. People with congenital amusia have difficulties with pitch processing, particularly in pitch discrimination and short-term memory. Studies have shown that these impairments are associated with altered brain responses in a distributed fronto-temporal network. Interestingly, some studies have also revealed that implicit pitch processing skills are preserved in individuals with congenital amusia.