Source localization of error negativity: Additional source for corrected errors

Eldad Yitzhak Hochman, Zohar Eviatar, Zvia Breznitz, Michael Nevat, Shelley Shaul

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Abstract

Error processing in corrected and uncorrected errors was studied while participants responded to a target surrounded by flankers. Error-related negativity (ERN/NE) was stronger and appeared earlier in corrected errors than in uncorrected errors. ERN neural sources for each error type were analyzed using low-resolution electromagnetic tomography method of source localization. For corrected errors, the ERN source was located at the anterior cingulate (BA 24) and the medial and superior frontal regions (presupplementary motor area, BA 6), whereas it was located at the anterior cingulate (BA 24) for uncorrected errors. It is suggested that the anterior cingulate is the main source of the ERN with the presupplementary motor area contributing to ERN initiation only if the correct response tendency is sufficiently active to allow for full execution of a correction response.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1144-1148
Number of pages5
JournalNeuroReport
Volume20
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009

Keywords

  • Anterior cingulate
  • Error correction
  • Error-related negativity
  • Presupplementary motor area
  • Source analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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