title: Error positivity is related to attentional control of task switching.
abstract: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between attentional control and action monitoring in a task-switching paradigm by examining the error-related negativity and positivity, components of event-related potentials that reflect action monitoring, including error detection. This study was designed with both a task-switching condition and a single-task condition and the results were compared between the two conditions. Error-related positivity amplitude decreased in the task-switching condition, whereas error-related negativity amplitude did not change in either condition. The results therefore support the notion that the two error-related components represent different aspects of action monitoring, including error detection.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University, Osaka, Japan. tanahide@res.otemon.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005246:Feedback / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult