Neural mechanisms and temporal dynamics of performance monitoring

• Published in: Trends in cognitive sciences Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 259 - 267
• Main Authors: Ullsperger, Markus, Fischer, Adrian G, Nigbur, Roland, Endrass, Tanja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Dopamine - metabolism; Electroencephalography; Electrophysiology; Evoked Potentials; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Neurology; Neurophysiological Monitoring; Nonlinear Dynamics; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Synaptic Transmission - physiology; Human; Dopamine; Central nervous system; Electrophysiology; Cognition; Electroencephalography; Review; Catecholamine; Time variation; Encephalon; Neurotransmitter; Performance; Event evoked potential; Cognitive control; Adaptation

Highlights • Uniform sequence of EEG activity at all stages of performance monitoring (PM) • PM signals reflect weighted signed and unsigned prediction errors. • Current theories of PM only partly fit with neurobiological evidence. • Cortical dopamine release cannot cause rapid cortical correlates o...