The Error Positivity Indexes Modality Non-specific Conscious Error Processing

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Event Abstract Back to Event The Error Positivity Indexes Modality Non-specific Conscious Error Processing Shani Shalgi1*, I. Barkan1 and Leon Deouell2 1 Department of Cognitive Science, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 2 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Errors made by participants are indexed in the brain even if they are not consciously registered, as demonstrated by the Error Related Negativity (ERN/Ne) event related potential. It has recently been shown that another response-locked potential, the Error Positivity (Pe), follows the Ne, but only in those trials in which the subjects consciously detect making the error (“aware errors”). In the present study we generalize these findings to the auditory domain and show, within subjects, that the Ne and Pe behave in a similar fashion for auditory and visual errors. In an auditory Go/No-go Error Awareness Task (Auditory EAT) participants pressed an additional “fix error” button after noticing that they have made an error. As in the visual modality, the Ne was similar for aware (“fixed”) and unaware (“unfixed”) errors, while the Pe was enhanced only for aware errors. This data reinforces the evidence in favor of the Pe as an index of conscious error processing, and suggests that this process is modality non-specific. These findings establish the Pe as a potential tool in the study of response monitoring and consciousness in healthy and in neurologically impaired individuals. Conference: 10th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience, Bodrum, Turkey, 1 Sep - 5 Sep, 2008. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Response Monitoring and Error Processing Citation: Shalgi S, Barkan I and Deouell L (2008). The Error Positivity Indexes Modality Non-specific Conscious Error Processing. Conference Abstract: 10th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.01.319 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: 10 Dec 2008; Published Online: 10 Dec 2008. * Correspondence: Shani Shalgi, Department of Cognitive Science, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, shanishalgi@gmail.com 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 Shani Shalgi I. Barkan Leon Deouell Google Shani Shalgi I. Barkan Leon Deouell Google Scholar Shani Shalgi I. Barkan Leon Deouell PubMed Shani Shalgi I. Barkan Leon Deouell 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.