Medial Frontal Cortex Activity and Loss-Related Responses to Errors

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 26; no. 15; pp. 4063 - 4070
• Main Authors: Taylor, Stephan F, Martis, Brian, Fitzgerald, Kate D, Welsh, Robert C, Abelson, James L, Liberzon, Israel, Himle, Joseph A, Gehring, William J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Soc Neuroscience 12.04.2006; Society for Neuroscience
• Subjects: Adult; Brain Mapping; Female; Frontal Lobe - physiology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Reaction Time - physiology; Reward; Speech; Writing

Making an error elicits activity from brain regions that monitor performance, especially the medial frontal cortex (MFC). However, uncertainty exists about whether the posterior or anterior/rostral MFC processes errors and to what degree affective responses to errors are mediated in the MFC, specifi...