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      Physiological correlates of learning by performance feedback in children: a study of EEG event-related potentials and evoked heart rate.

      Biological Psychology
      Analysis of Variance, Brain Mapping, Child, Electrocardiography, methods, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, physiology, Feedback, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Inhibition (Psychology), Learning, Male, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time

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          In this study we measured event-related potentials (ERPs) and evoked heart rate (EHR) to investigate performance monitoring in 10-12-year-old children. The children received feedback on their performance while conducting a probabilistic learning task. Error-related ERP components time-locked to the response increased in amplitude when the children had learned the task, whereas the feedback-locked components decreased. Concerning EHR, there was a general reduction in feedback-related heart rate deceleration when the children had learned. Moreover, a prolonged heart rate deceleration was observed at negative feedback onset in comparison to positive feedback, which shifted in timing when the task progressed. Together, the ERP and EHR-measures suggest a shift from external to internal monitoring when the children are learning by performance feedback. The data suggest that error- and feedback-related EHR deceleration is a reflection of the same error monitoring system that is responsible for the emergence of the error-related negativity (ERN).

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