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Direct linkYeung, Nick; Botvinick, Matthew M.; Cohen, Jonathan D. – Psychological Review, 2004
According to a recent theory, anterior cingulate cortex is sensitive to response conflict, the coactivation of mutually incompatible responses. The present research develops this theory to provide a new account of the error-related negativity (ERN), a scalp potential observed following errors. Connectionist simulations of response conflict in an…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Brain
