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Markus Ullsperger1, Oliver Stork2
1Department of Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany; Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
Neuron
|April 8, 2021
Abstract:
Errors yield unfavorable outcomes but also elicit adaptive mechanisms optimizing future behavior. Norman et al. demonstrate a previously unknown direct projection from medial frontal performance-monitoring areas in mice that modulate visual cortex network activity and enable post-error attentional adaptation.
