Decoding the task specificity of post-error adjustments: Features and determinants.
Neuroimage
; 297: 120692, 2024 Aug 15.
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| ID: mdl-38897398
ABSTRACT
Errors typically trigger post-error adjustments aimed at improving subsequent reactions within a single task, but little work has focused on whether these adjustments are task-general or task-specific across different tasks. We collected behavioral and electrophysiological (EEG) data when participants performed a psychological refractory period paradigm. This paradigm required them to complete Task 1 and Task 2 separated by a variable stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA). Behaviorally, post-error slowing and post-error accuracy exhibited task-general features at short SOAs but some task-specific features at long SOAs. EEG results manifest that task-general adjustments had a short-lived effect, whereas task-specific adjustments were long-lasting. Moreover, error awareness specifically conduced to the improvement of subsequent sensory processing and behavior performance in Task 1 (the task where errors occurred). These findings demonstrate that post-error adjustments rely on both transient, task-general interference and longer-lasting, task-specific control mechanisms simultaneously, with error awareness playing a crucial role in determining these mechanisms. We further discuss the contribution of central resources to the task specificity of post-error adjustments.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Psychomotor Performance
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Electroencephalography
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Journal:
Neuroimage
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DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
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2024
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Article
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