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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurophysiology

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  • Sensorimotor processes integrate perception and action.
  • The Theory of Event Coding (TEC) is a key framework.
  • Event files are central to TEC's concept of integration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate sub-processes in voluntary event coding using cognitive-neurophysiological methods.
  • Utilize EEG source localization and reward manipulations.
  • Identify neurophysiological correlates of event coding and performance variations.

Main Methods:

  • Employed electroencephalography (EEG) with source localization.
  • Manipulated reward to assess its impact on event coding.
  • Analyzed event-related potentials (ERPs) like P1, N2, and P3.

Main Results:

  • Voluntary event coding involves stimulus categorization, feature unbinding, and response selection.
  • Distinct ERPs (P1, N2, P3) reflect these processes.
  • Reward modulated stimulus categorization in parietal regions, not other stages.
  • Attentional selection (N1 ERP) was less critical.

Conclusions:

  • Voluntary event-file coding relies on stimulus categorization, feature unbinding, and response selection.
  • Parietal-medial frontal networks are involved in neurophysiological processing.
  • Perceptual categorization is a crucial stage in voluntary event coding.