Cerebellar Single-Pulse TMS Differentially Affects Early and Late Error Processing in Reinforcement Learning.

ABSTRACT: There is increasing evidence that the cerebellum contributes to feedback processing in reinforcement learning. As yet, it has not been investigated whether the cerebellum also contributes to error processing in reinforcement learning. Studies have shown, however, that the cerebellum is involved in the processing of response errors in non-reinforcement learning contexts, for example, in response conflict tasks. In the present study, we aimed to extend these findings to the processing of response errors, which slowly emerges as a result of reinforcement learning. To this end, we inhibited the cerebellum via single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (spTMS) and recorded cerebral electroencephalography (EEG) measures associated with error processing. If input from the cerebellum is requir

SUBMITTER: Huvermann DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12579020 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature