ERP indices of performance monitoring and feedback processing in psychosis: A meta-analysis

Elizabeth A. Martin, Amanda McCleery, Melody M. Moore, Jonathan K. Wynn, Michael F. Green, William P. Horan

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Abstract

Background: Although individuals with, or at risk for, psychotic disorders often show difficulties with performance monitoring and feedback processing, findings from studies using event-related potentials (ERPs) to index these processes are not consistent. This meta-analytic review focused on studies of two different indexes of performance monitoring, the early error-related negativity (ERN; n = 25) and the later error positivity (Pe; n = 17), and one index of feedback processing, the feedback negativity (FN; n = 6). Methods: We evaluated whether individuals (1) with psychotic disorders, or (2) at heightened risk for these disorders differ from healthy controls in available studies of the ERN, Pe, and FN. Results: There was a significant, large ERN reduction in those with psychosis (g = −0.96) compared to controls, and a significant, moderate ERN reduction in those at-risk (g = −0.48). In contrast, there were uniformly non-significant, small between-group differences for Pe and FN (gs ≤ |0.16|). Conclusions: The results reveal a differential pattern of impairment in psychosis. Early performance monitoring (ERN) impairments are substantial among those with psychotic disorders in general and may be a useful vulnerability indicator for these disorders. However, later performance monitoring (Pe) and basic feedback processing (FN) appear to be relatively spared in psychosis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)365-378
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Psychophysiology
Volume132
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2018
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.

Funding

A. McCleery is supported by a career development award from NIH ( 5K23MH108829 ).

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental HealthK23MH108829

    Keywords

    • ERN
    • Error positivity
    • Error-related negativity
    • FN
    • Feedback-related negativity
    • Pe

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