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The neural correlates of continuous feedback processing

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dc.contributor.authorHassall, Cameron D.
dc.contributor.authorYan, Yan
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Laurence T.
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-05T22:03:29Z
dc.date.available2025-02-05T22:03:29Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractFeedback processing is commonly studied by analyzing the brain's response to discrete rather than continuous events. Such studies have led to the hypothesis that rapid phasic midbrain dopaminergic activity tracks reward prediction errors (RPEs), the effects of which are measurable at the scalp via electroencephalography (EEG). Although studies using continuous feedback are sparse, recent animal work suggests that moment-to-moment changes in reward are tracked by slowly ramping midbrain dopaminergic activity. Some have argued that these ramping signals index state values rather than RPEs. Our goal here was to develop an EEG measure of continuous feedback processing in humans, then test whether its behavior could be accounted for by the RPE hypothesis. Participants completed a stimulus–response learning task in which a continuous reward cue gradually increased or decreased over time. A regression-based unmixing approach revealed EEG activity with a topography and time course consistent with the stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN), a scalp potential previously linked to reward anticipation and tonic dopamine release. Importantly, this reward-related activity depended on outcome expectancy: as predicted by the RPE hypothesis, activity for expected reward cues was reduced compared to unexpected reward cues. These results demonstrate the possibility of using human scalp-recorded potentials to track continuous feedback processing, and test candidate hypotheses of this activity.
dc.identifier.citationHassall, C. D., Yan, Y., & Hunt, L. T. (2023). The neural correlates of continuous feedback processing. Psychophysiology, 60(12), e14399. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14399
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14399
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3791
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution (CC BY)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectdopamine
dc.subjectEEG
dc.subjectERP
dc.subjectfeedback
dc.subjectreward
dc.subjectstimulus-preceding negativity (SPN)
dc.titleThe neural correlates of continuous feedback processingen
dc.typeArticle

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