Comparing the error-related negativity across groups: The impact of error- and trial-number differences.

Abstract:

:The error-related negativity (ERN or Ne) is increasingly being investigated as a marker discriminating interindividual factors and moves toward a surrogate marker for disorders or interventions. Although reproducibility and validity of neuroscientific and psychological research has been criticized, clear data on how different quantification methods of the ERN and their relation to available trial numbers affect within- and across-participant studies is sparse. Within a large sample of 863 healthy human participants, we demonstrate that, across participants, the number of errors correlates with the amplitude of the ERN independently of the number of errors included in ERN quantification per participant, constituting a possible confound when such variance is unaccounted for. Additionally, we find that ERN amplitudes reach high consistency within participants at lower trial numbers, yet when comparisons between groups of participants are desired, increasing error-trial numbers lead to higher statistical power. We derive concrete suggestions for specific types of analyses, which may help researchers to more effectively design studies and analyze error-related EEG data with the most appropriate measurement technique for the question at hand and trial number available.

journal_name

Psychophysiology

journal_title

Psychophysiology

authors

Fischer AG,Klein TA,Ullsperger M

doi

10.1111/psyp.12863

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-07-01 00:00:00

pages

998-1009

issue

7

eissn

0048-5772

issn

1540-5958

journal_volume

54

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