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Subthreshold error corrections predict adaptive post‐error compensations
Author(s) -
Beatty Paul J.,
Buzzell George A.,
Roberts Daniel M.,
Voloshyna Yelyzaveta,
McDonald Craig G.
Publication year - 2021
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.13803
Subject(s) - subthreshold conduction , error related negativity , psychology , error detection and correction , task (project management) , neurocognitive , cognitive psychology , computer science , cognition , neuroscience , algorithm , anterior cingulate cortex , physics , management , transistor , quantum mechanics , voltage , economics
Relatively little is known about the relation between subthreshold error corrections and post‐error behavioral compensations. The present study utilized lateralized beta power, which has been shown to index response preparation, to examine subthreshold error corrections in a task known to produce response conflict, the Simon task. We found that even when an overt correction is not made, greater activation of the corrective response, indexed by beta suppression ipsilateral to the initial responding hand, predicted post‐error speeding, and enhanced post‐error accuracy at the single‐trial level. This provides support for the notion that response conflict associated with errors can be adaptive, and suggests that subthreshold corrections should be taken into account to fully understand error‐monitoring processes. Furthermore, we expand on previous findings that demonstrate that post‐error slowing and post‐error accuracy can be dissociated, as well as findings that suggest that frontal midline theta oscillations and the error‐related negativity (ERN) are dissociable neurocognitive processes.