Influence of Positive and Negative Feedback on Cognitive Control - an fMRI Study

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Event Abstract Back to Event Influence of Positive and Negative Feedback on Cognitive Control - an fMRI Study Lydia Beck1*, Barbara Drüke1, Mario Städtgen1 and Siegfried Gauggel1 1 RWTH Aachen University, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Medical Faculty, Germany Positive and negative feedback have an impact on our mood and can modulate our subsequent actions. Previous studies have shown that positive mood is associated with higher dopaminergic levels in the brain which is argued to improve performance in controlled processing tasks. The neuronal correlates of the interaction between feedback and cognitive control performance still remain unclear. The present study investigates the influence of positive and negative feedback on performance in a cognitive interference task by using functional magnetic resonance imaging. 16 male participants performed a version of the flanker task and received positive or negative feedback after each trial depending on their individual reaction time. Analysis of behavioural data shows that feedback has a significant influence on subsequent flanker task performance. Incongruent trials which require more controlled processing as compared to congruent trials were performed fastest after receiving positive feedback as compared to negative feedback or no feedback. Imaging results reveal significant striatal and amygdala activation as a main effect of feedback. Corresponding to behavioural data, these activations are modulated by the congruency of the subsequent task. In line with behavioural data, the highest activation during performing incongruent stimuli is found after receiving positive feedback. In conclusion, results indicate that the dopaminergic system is involved in modulating the influence of performance feedback on subsequent cognitive control performance. Conference: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Rhodes Island, Greece, 13 Sep - 18 Sep, 2009. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Poster presentations Citation: Beck L, Drüke B, Städtgen M and Gauggel S (2009). Influence of Positive and Negative Feedback on Cognitive Control - an fMRI Study. Conference Abstract: 41st European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.08.2009.09.089 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 08 Jun 2009; Published Online: 08 Jun 2009. * Correspondence: Lydia Beck, RWTH Aachen University, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Medical Faculty, Aachen, Germany, lbeck@ukaachen.de Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Lydia Beck Barbara Drüke Mario Städtgen Siegfried Gauggel Google Lydia Beck Barbara Drüke Mario Städtgen Siegfried Gauggel Google Scholar Lydia Beck Barbara Drüke Mario Städtgen Siegfried Gauggel PubMed Lydia Beck Barbara Drüke Mario Städtgen Siegfried Gauggel Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.