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Is the Error-related Negativity Amplitude Related to Error Detectability? Evidence from Effects of Different Error Types.

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Title: Is the Error-related Negativity Amplitude Related to Error Detectability? Evidence from Effects of Different Error Types.
Authors: Maier, Martin1 martin.maier@uni-konstanz.de, Steinhauser, Marco1, Hübner, Ronald1
Source: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. Dec2008, Vol. 20 Issue 12, p2263-2273. 11p. 1 Diagram, 2 Graphs.
Subjects: Neurological errors, Detectors, Compression (Audiology), Frequency response, Flanker (Jet fighter plane)
Abstract: The present study tested error detection theories of the error-related negativity (ERN) by investigating the relation between ERN amplitude and error detectability. To this end, ERN amplitudes were compared with a behavioral measure of error detectability across two different error types in a fourchoice flanker task. If an erroneous response was associated with the flankers, it was considered a flanker error, otherwise it was considered a nonflanker error. Two experiments revealed that, whereas detectability was better for nonflanker errors than for flanker errors, ERN amplitudes were larger for flanker errors than for nonflanker errors. Moreover, undetected errors led to strongly reduced ERN amplitudes relative to detected errors. These results suggest that, although error detection is necessary for an ERN to occur, the ERN amplitude is not related to error detectability but rather to error significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:The present study tested error detection theories of the error-related negativity (ERN) by investigating the relation between ERN amplitude and error detectability. To this end, ERN amplitudes were compared with a behavioral measure of error detectability across two different error types in a fourchoice flanker task. If an erroneous response was associated with the flankers, it was considered a flanker error, otherwise it was considered a nonflanker error. Two experiments revealed that, whereas detectability was better for nonflanker errors than for flanker errors, ERN amplitudes were larger for flanker errors than for nonflanker errors. Moreover, undetected errors led to strongly reduced ERN amplitudes relative to detected errors. These results suggest that, although error detection is necessary for an ERN to occur, the ERN amplitude is not related to error detectability but rather to error significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:0898929X
DOI:10.1162/jocn.2008.20159