The Error-Related Negativity

Overview

Journal Perspect Psychol Sci

Specialty Psychology

Date 2018 Mar 30

PMID 29592655

Citations 43

Authors

William J Gehring

Brian Goss

Michael G H Coles

David E Meyer

Emanuel Donchin

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Abstract

We look back on the events surrounding the genesis of our 1993 article on the error-related negativity (ERN), a component of the event-related brain potential that accompanies errors in the performance of speeded-response tasks. Our reminiscences focus on the personal friendships, intellectual influences, and chance occurrences that shaped the article. To put our work in historical context, we consider subsequent trends in neuroimaging, computational modeling, and psychiatry that gave the ERN high visibility and contributed to the longevity of its scientific interest.

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