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The role of the medial frontal cortex in the development of cognitive and social‐affective performance monitoring
Author(s) -
Crone Eveline A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/psyp.12252
Subject(s) - psychology , neuroimaging , cognition , cognitive psychology , frontal cortex , task (project management) , variety (cybernetics) , social cognition , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , computer science , management , economics
Adolescence is a time of many cognitive and social‐affective changes that are important for rapid behavioral adjustment to a variety of environmental demands and social contexts. Performance monitoring is one of the most important processes for behavioral adjustment; it allows individuals to evaluate outcomes of actions and change behavior accordingly. Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that dorsal and ventral subregions of the medial frontal cortex are differentially engaged in performance monitoring, depending on the cognitive or social‐affective dimensions of a task. Based on a review of neuroimaging, ERP , and heart rate studies, the implications of these modality‐dependent contributions are discussed for the development of performance monitoring in adolescence.