Many higher order cognitive functions that plan, regulate, and monitor behavior have been neglected by the community of cognitive psychologists. We intend to address this shortcoming by determining the behavioral nature and neural implementation of one such function, which we call error processing, in humans. It has been demonstrated that activation of an error detection system manifests itself at the scalp as a negative deflection in the event-related brain potential (ERP). Preliminary evidence suggested that this error-detection system is mediated, at least in part, by the anterior cingulate gyrus. The primary goal now is to confirm that error-related activity occurs in the anterior cingulate by employing functional neuroimaging techniques such as ERPs and magnetoencephalograms (MEG), and by the development of a biologically plausible computational model of anterior cingulate dynamics. A secondary goal is to distinguish, using ERPs, between behaviors that activate and behaviors that do not activate the error detection system. This research is expected to elucidate the nature of several clinical disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and various psychopathologies associated with lesions of the frontal lobes.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
5F31MH011530-02
Application #
2460302
Study Section
Clinical Neuroscience and Biological Psychopathology Review Committee (CNBP)
Project Start
1997-08-01
Project End
Budget Start
1997-08-01
Budget End
1998-07-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
041544081
City
Champaign
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
61820
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