Reducing Speed and Sight: How Adaptive Is Post-Error Slowing?

Markus Ullsperger; Claudia Danielmeier

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.035

Reducing Speed and Sight: How Adaptive Is Post-Error Slowing?

Neuron. 2016 Feb 3;89(3):430-2. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.035.

Authors

Markus Ullsperger¹, Claudia Danielmeier²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Psychology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6525 HR Nijmegen, Netherlands. Electronic address: markus.ullsperger@ovgu.de.
² School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.

PMID: 26844827
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.035

Abstract

After errors, decision boundaries change, which results in post-error slowing of decisions. Purcell and Kiani (2016) report simultaneously decreased sensitivity to sensory information counteracts post-error increases in accuracy. Early post-error adjustments reflect a general orienting reflex rather than goal-directed adaptation.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Decision Making / physiology*
Discrimination, Psychological / physiology*
Humans
Male
Motion Perception / physiology*
Neurons / physiology*
Parietal Lobe / physiology*