Abstract
Feedback-related negativity is a negative deflection in brain potentials associated with feedback indicating monetary losses or response errors. Feedback-related negativity is studied primarily in paradigms in which participants experience negative outcomes that appear to be contingent upon their previous choices. This study investigated whether feedback-related negativity can be elicited by a randomly assigned cue indicating potential monetary loss. The expected loss or win can be materialized or averted depending on participants’ performance in a subsequent game. Compared with the win cue, the loss cue elicited a weak but significant feedback-related negativity-like effect. It is suggested that the anterior cingulate cortex, which generates feedback-related negativity, may function as a pre-warning system that alerts the brain to get ready for future events.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1649-1653 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | NeuroReport |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Oct 2006 |
User-Defined Keywords
- anterior cingulate cortex
- feedback-related negativity
- outcome evaluation
- outcome expectation
- reinforcement learning