Flanker task parameters are related to the strength of association between the ERN and anxiety: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The error-related negativity (ERN)-an index of error monitoring-is associated with anxiety symptomatology. Although recent work suggests associations between the ERN and anxiety are relatively modest, little attention has been paid to how variation in task parameters may influence the strength of ERN-anxiety associations. To close this gap, the current meta-analysis assesses the possible influence of task parameter variation in the Flanker task-the most commonly used task to elicit the ERN-on observed ERN-anxiety associations. Here, we leveraged an existing open database of published/unpublished ERN-anxiety effect sizes, supplementing this database by further coding for variation in stimulus type (letter vs. arrow), response type (one-handed vs. two-handed), and block-level feedback (with

SUBMITTER: Buzzell GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11383315 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature