Frontal theta links prediction errors to behavioral adaptation in reinforcement learning.

ABSTRACT: Investigations into action monitoring have consistently detailed a frontocentral voltage deflection in the event-related potential (ERP) following the presentation of negatively valenced feedback, sometimes termed the feedback-related negativity (FRN). The FRN has been proposed to reflect a neural response to prediction errors during reinforcement learning, yet the single-trial relationship between neural activity and the quanta of expectation violation remains untested. Although ERP methods are not well suited to single-trial analyses, the FRN has been associated with theta band oscillatory perturbations in the medial prefrontal cortex. Mediofrontal theta oscillations have been previously associated with expectation violation and behavioral adaptation and are well suited to single-trial a

SUBMITTER: Cavanagh JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2818688 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature