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Performance reactivity in a continuous-performance task: implications for understanding post-error behavior.

Tanya R Jonker¹, Paul Seli, James Allan Cheyne

¹University of Waterloo, Canada.

Consciousness and Cognition

|November 2, 2013

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Performance reactivity impacts subsequent tasks, not just errors. Correct responses on critical trials also temporarily reduce performance, suggesting a general attention effect.

Keywords:

Error reactivity Performance reactivity Post-error accuracy Post-error behavior Post-event behavior

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Human Performance

Background:

Previous research focused on errors' impact on performance.
Non-error events with performance-relevant information were understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and assess the hypothesis of performance reactivity.
To investigate performance decrements following both correct and incorrect responses.

Main Methods:

Utilized the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART).
Analyzed performance following commission errors on NOGO trials.
Examined performance after correct withholds on NOGO trials.

Main Results:

Replicated findings of performance decrements after errors of commission.
Observed performance decrements following correct NOGO trial responses.
No performance decrements were found after task-irrelevant events.

Conclusions:

Performance reactivity is a general effect, not unique to errors.
Correct responses on critical trials can also elicit performance decrements.
Error-related effects are a salient instance of broader performance reactivity.