title: Alcohol and error processing.
abstract: A recent study indicates that alcohol consumption reduces the amplitude of the error-related negativity (ERN), a negative deflection in the electroencephalogram associated with error commission. Here, we explore possible mechanisms underlying this result in the context of two recent theories about the neural system that produces the ERN - one based on principles of reinforcement learning and the other based on response conflict monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. cholroyd@princeton.edu
authors.forename: Clay B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Holroyd
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yeung
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000187:drug effects*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011337:Probability Learning; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D004298:Dopamine