Universität zu Köln

Niessen, Eva ORCID: 0000-0002-2801-0986, Fink, Gereon R. ORCID: 0000-0002-8230-1856, Hoffmann, Heide E. M., Weiss, Peter H. ORCID: 0000-0002-5230-9080 and Stahl, Jutta ORCID: 0000-0002-3252-180X (2017). Error detection across the adult lifespan: Electrophysiological evidence for age-related deficits. Neuroimage, 152. S. 517 - 530. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1095-9572

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Abstract

With increasing age, cognitive control processes steadily decline. Prior research suggests that healthy older adults have a generally intact performance monitoring system, but show specific deficits in error awareness, i.e., the ability to detect committed errors. We examined the neural processing of errors across the adult lifespan (69 participants; age range 20-72 years) by analysing the error (-related) negativity (Ne/ERN) and the error positivity (Pe) using an adapted version of the Go/Nogo task. At a stable overall error rate, higher age was associated with a greater proportion of undetected errors. While the Ne/ERN was associated with the processing of errors in general, the Pe amplitude was modulated by detected errors only. Furthermore, the Pe amplitude for detected errors was significantly smaller in older adults, in contrast to the Ne/ERN amplitude which did not show age-related changes. Structural path models suggested that through those age-related changes in Pe amplitude, an indirect effect on the performance was observed. Our results confirm and extend previous extreme-group based findings about specific deficits in error detection associated with higher age using age as a continuous predictor. Age-related reductions in Pe amplitude, associated with more undetected errors, are independent of early error processing, as evidenced by the preserved Ne/ERN.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Niessen, Eva UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2801-0986 UNSPECIFIED Fink, Gereon R. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-1856 UNSPECIFIED Hoffmann, Heide E. M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weiss, Peter H. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5230-9080 UNSPECIFIED Stahl, Jutta UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3252-180X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-231160
DOI:	10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.03.015
Journal or Publication Title:	Neuroimage
Volume:	152
Page Range:	S. 517 - 530
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1095-9572
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; ERP COMPONENTS; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE; INHIBITORY CONTROL; RESPONSE-CONFLICT; BRAIN ACTIVITY; NEURAL SYSTEM; AWARENESS; DISSOCIATION Multiple languages Neurosciences; Neuroimaging; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23116