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A Hunter Threadgill¹, Jonathan Ryan¹, Carson Jordan¹

¹Florida State University, United States.

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Summary

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A new auditory doors task effectively measures reward positivity (RewP), a brain signal for positive feedback. This audio version functions similarly to the visual task, offering a new research tool.

Keywords:

Doors task EEG ERP Methods Reward positivity

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Psychophysiology

Background:

The reward positivity (RewP) is a neural signal reflecting sensitivity to positive outcomes.
Previous research often employed simple guessing tasks with visual feedback.
The doors task, a common paradigm, uses visual cues for monetary gains or losses.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate an auditory version of the doors task.
To investigate if auditory feedback in the doors task elicits comparable RewP responses to visual feedback.

Main Methods:

Thirty-eight young adults participated in the study.
Participants completed both a standard visual doors task and a novel auditory doors task.
Electroencephalography (EEG) was used to measure brain activity, specifically the RewP.

Main Results:

The auditory RewP was significantly more positive and peaked earlier than the visual RewP.
A moderate positive correlation was found between the auditory and visual RewP.
The auditory RewP demonstrated internal consistency comparable to the visual RewP.

Conclusions:

The auditory doors task successfully elicits feedback-monitoring processes similar to the visual version.
Auditory feedback provides a viable alternative for studying RewP and reward processing.
This auditory paradigm expands the methodological toolkit for cognitive neuroscience research.