Executive function and error detection: The effect of motivation on cingulate and ventral striatum activity

Reacting appropriately to errors during task performance is fundamental to successful negotiation of our environment. This is especially true when errors will result in a significant penalty for the person performing a given task, be they financial or otherwise. Error responses and monitoring states...

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Published in:Human brain mapping 2010-03, Vol.31 (3), p.458-469
Main Authors: Simões-Franklin, Cristina, Hester, Robert, Shpaner, Marina, Foxe, John J., Garavan, Hugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
anterior cingulate
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - physiology
Brain Mapping
Cognition - physiology
Corpus Striatum - physiology
error detection
Executive Function - physiology
Female
fMRI
Gyrus Cinguli - physiology
Humans
inhibitory control
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Male
Medical sciences
monetary loss
motivation
Motivation - physiology
Motor Activity - physiology
Nervous system
Neuropsychological Tests
nucleus accumbens
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Radionuclide investigations
Reaction Time
Young Adult
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Summary:Reacting appropriately to errors during task performance is fundamental to successful negotiation of our environment. This is especially true when errors will result in a significant penalty for the person performing a given task, be they financial or otherwise. Error responses and monitoring states were manipulated in a GO/NOGO task by introducing a financial punishment for errors. This study employed a mixed block design alternating between punishment and no punishment (neutral) conditions, enabling an assessment of tonic changes associated with cognitive control as well as trial‐specific effects. Behavioural results revealed slower responses and fewer commission errors in the punishment condition. The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) had equal trial‐specific activity for errors in the neutral and punishment conditions but had greater tonic activity throughout the punishment condition. A region of interest analysis revealed different activation patterns between the dorsal and the rostral parts of the ACC with the rostral ACC having only trial‐specific activity for errors in the punishment condition, an activity profile similar to one observed in the nucleus accumbens. This study suggests that there is a motivational influence on cognitive processes in the ACC and nucleus accumbens and hints at a dissociation between tonic proactive activity and phasic reactive error‐related activity. Hum Brain Mapp, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:1065-9471
1097-0193
DOI:10.1002/hbm.20879