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Beatty CC, Gallardo M, Ferry RA, Feldman J, Levy A, Grieshaber A, Nelson BD. Pathological personality domains and punishment-enhanced error-related negativity. Int J Psychophysiol 2024; 203:112408. [PMID: 39097099 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2024] [Revised: 07/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/05/2024]
Abstract
The error-related negativity (ERN) is an event-related potential that is observed after the commission of an error and is hypothesized to index threat sensitivity. The ERN is associated with multiple psychiatric disorders, but it is unclear if similar results are due to higher-order dimensions of psychopathology. When errors are punished, the ERN is further enhanced, which might better isolate threat sensitivity. However, few studies have examined whether psychopathology is associated with punishment enhancement of the ERN. In a clinical sample of 170 adults, the present study examined the association between pathological personality domains and predictable vs. unpredictable punishment-enhanced ERN. Results indicated that the ERN was enhanced when errors were punished compared to not punished. Greater negative emotionality was associated with a greater predictable punishment-enhanced ERN, while greater disinhibition was associated with smaller predictable punishment-enhanced ERN. The study suggests that higher-order pathological personality domains demonstrate discriminate relationships with punishment-enhanced error-related brain activity.
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- Clare C Beatty
- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, United States of America.
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, United States of America
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Li LY, Glazer JE, Helgren F, Funkhouser CJ, Auerbach RP, Shankman SA. Electrophysiological evidence of mal-adaptation to error in remitted depression. Biol Psychol 2023; 179:108555. [PMID: 37031811 PMCID: PMC10175186 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
Abstract
Identifying risk markers for major depressive disorder (MDD) that persist into remission is key to address MDD's high rate of recurrence. Central to MDD recurrence are the disorder's negative information processing biases, such as heightened responses to errors, which may subsequently impair abilities to monitor performance and adjust behaviors based on environmental demands. However, little is known regarding the neurophysiological correlates of post-error adaptation in depression. The current study investigated event-related potentials (ERPs) and behavioral performance following errors from a flanker task in 58 participants with remitted MDD (rMDD) and 118 healthy controls (HC). Specifically, using trial-level data, we tested: (a) the impact of errors on response-locked ERPs of the current and post-error trials (error-related negativity [ERN] and correct response negativity [CRN]) and (b) longer-term adaptation to errors (ERN/CRN) over the course of the task. Compared to HC, rMDD participants showed a larger ERN to the current trial and smaller habituation in ERN over time. On trials immediately following errors, rMDD participants showed slower reaction times that were predicted by the previous-trial ERN amplitude but comparable accuracy to HC, suggesting a deficient ability to disengage from errors and/or a compensatory effort to mitigate accuracy decrements. Critically, this pattern of responding: (a) was concurrently associated with greater levels of anhedonia symptoms, more severe MDD history, and interpersonal impairment (but lower impairment in life activities) and (b) predicted more anhedonia symptoms at one-year follow-up. Collectively, a hyperactive performance monitoring system may be a useful risk marker for future MDD recurrence.
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- Lilian Y Li
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Division of Clinical Developmental Neuroscience, Sackler Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Brush CJ, Hajcak G, Bocchine AJ, Ude AA, Muniz KM, Foti D, Alderman BL. A randomized trial of aerobic exercise for major depression: examining neural indicators of reward and cognitive control as predictors and treatment targets. Psychol Med 2022; 52:893-903. [PMID: 32838817 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720002573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Aerobic exercise has demonstrated antidepressant efficacy among adults with major depression. There is a poor understanding of the neural mechanisms associated with these effects. Deficits in reward processing and cognitive control may be two candidate targets and predictors of treatment outcome to exercise in depression. METHODS Sixty-six young adults aged 20.23 years (s.d. = 2.39) with major depression were randomized to 8 weeks of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (n = 35) or light stretching (n = 31). Depressive symptoms were assessed across the intervention to track symptom reduction. Reward processing [reward positivity (RewP)] and cognitive control [error-related negativity (ERN)] were assessed before and after the intervention using event-related brain potentials. RESULTS Compared to stretching, aerobic exercise resulted in greater symptom reduction (gs = 0.66). Aerobic exercise had no impact on the RewP (gav = 0.08) or ERN (gav = 0.21). In the aerobic exercise group, individuals with a larger pre-treatment RewP [odds ratio (OR) = 1.45] and increased baseline depressive symptom severity (OR = 1.18) were more likely to respond to an aerobic exercise program. Pre-treatment ERN did not predict response (OR = 0.74). CONCLUSIONS Aerobic exercise is effective in alleviating depressive symptoms in adults with major depression, particularly for those with increased depressive symptom severity and a larger RewP at baseline. Although aerobic exercise did not modify the RewP or ERN, there is preliminary support for the utility of the RewP in predicting who is most likely to respond to exercise as a treatment for depression.
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- C J Brush
- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Department of Kinesiology and Health and Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health and Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health and Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health and Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Family Psychiatry, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology and Health and Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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Malejko K, Hafner S, Plener PL, Bonenberger M, Groen G, Abler B, Graf H. Neural signature of error processing in major depression. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2021; 271:1359-1368. [PMID: 33595693 PMCID: PMC8429380 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-021-01238-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The clinical presentation of major depression (MD) is heterogenous and comprises various affective and cognitive symptoms including an increased sensitivity to errors. Various electrophysiological but only few functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies investigated neural error processing in MD with inconsistent findings. Thus, reliable evidence regarding neural signatures of error processing in patients with current MD is limited despite its potential relevance as viable neurobiological marker of psychopathology. We therefore investigated a sample of 16 young adult female patients with current MD and 17 healthy controls (HC). During fMRI, we used an established Erikson-flanker Go/NoGo-paradigm and focused on neural alterations during errors of commission. In the absence of significant differences in rates of errors of commission in MD compared to HC, we observed significantly (p < 0.05, FWE-corrected on cluster level) enhanced neural activations of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) and the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) in MD relative to HC and thus, in brain regions consistently associated to neural error processing and corresponding behavioral adjustments. Considering comparable task performance, in particular similar commission error rates in MD and HC, our results support the evidence regarding an enhanced responsivity of neural error detection mechanisms in MD as a potential neural signature of increased negative feedback sensitivity as one of the core psychopathological features of this disorder.
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- Kathrin Malejko
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III, Ulm University Hospital, Leimgrubenweg 12-14, Ulm, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III, Ulm University Hospital, Leimgrubenweg 12-14, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany ,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III, Ulm University Hospital, Leimgrubenweg 12-14, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III, Ulm University Hospital, Leimgrubenweg 12-14, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III, Ulm University Hospital, Leimgrubenweg 12-14, Ulm, Germany
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Lee KFA, Fox AM, Notebaert L. The effects of anxiety, depressive, and obsessive-compulsive subclinical symptoms on performance monitoring. Int J Psychophysiol 2020; 158:362-369. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Clayson PE, Carbine KA, Larson MJ. A registered report of error-related negativity and reward positivity as biomarkers of depression: P-Curving the evidence. Int J Psychophysiol 2020; 150:50-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Klawohn J, Santopetro NJ, Meyer A, Hajcak G. Reduced P300 in depression: Evidence from a flanker task and impact on ERN, CRN, and Pe. Psychophysiology 2020; 57:e13520. [DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Julia Klawohn
- Department of Psychology Florida State University Tallahassee FL USA
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- Department of Psychology Florida State University Tallahassee FL USA
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- Department of Psychology Florida State University Tallahassee FL USA
- Department of Biomedical Sciences Florida State University Tallahassee FL USA
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ERN as a transdiagnostic marker of the internalizing-externalizing spectrum: A dissociable meta-analytic effect. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2019; 103:133-149. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Riesel A, Klawohn J, Grützmann R, Kaufmann C, Heinzel S, Bey K, Lennertz L, Wagner M, Kathmann N. Error-related brain activity as a transdiagnostic endophenotype for obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and substance use disorder. Psychol Med 2019; 49:1207-1217. [PMID: 30744714 PMCID: PMC6498788 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719000199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Increased neural error-signals have been observed in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, and inconsistently in depression. Reduced neural error-signals have been observed in substance use disorders (SUD). Thus, alterations in error-monitoring are proposed as a transdiagnostic endophenotype. To strengthen this notion, data from unaffected individuals with a family history for the respective disorders are needed. METHODS The error-related negativity (ERN) as a neural indicator of error-monitoring was measured during a flanker task from 117 OCD patients, 50 unaffected first-degree relatives of OCD patients, and 130 healthy comparison participants. Family history information indicated, that 76 healthy controls were free of a family history for psychopathology, whereas the remaining had first-degree relatives with depression (n = 28), anxiety (n = 27), and/or SUD (n = 27). RESULTS Increased ERN amplitudes were found in OCD patients and unaffected first-degree relatives of OCD patients. In addition, unaffected first-degree relatives of individuals with anxiety disorders were also characterized by increased ERN amplitudes, whereas relatives of individuals with SUD showed reduced amplitudes. CONCLUSIONS Alterations in neural error-signals in unaffected first-degree relatives with a family history of OCD, anxiety, or SUD support the utility of the ERN as a transdiagnostic endophenotype. Reduced neural error-signals may indicate vulnerability for under-controlled behavior and risk for substance use, whereas a harm- or error-avoidant response style and vulnerability for OCD and anxiety appears to be associated with increased ERN. This adds to findings suggesting a common neurobiological substrate across psychiatric disorders involving the anterior cingulate cortex and deficits in cognitive control.
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- Anja Riesel
- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Psychology, Freie University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Peters AT, Burkhouse KL, Kujawa A, Afshar K, Fitzgerald KD, Monk CS, Hajcak G, Phan KL. Impact of pubertal timing and depression on error-related brain activity in anxious youth. Dev Psychobiol 2019; 61:69-80. [PMID: 30043447 PMCID: PMC6318038 DOI: 10.1002/dev.21763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Anxiety disorders are associated with enhanced error-related negativity (ERN) across development but it remains unclear whether alterations in brain electrophysiology are linked to the timing of puberty. Pubertal timing and alterations of prefrontal and limbic development are implicated in risk for depression, but the interplay of these factors on the ERN-anxiety association has not been assessed. We examined the unique and interactive effects of pubertal timing and depression on the ERN in a sample of youth 10-19 years old with anxiety disorders (n = 30) or no history of psychopathology (n = 30). Earlier pubertal maturation was associated with an enhanced ERN. Among early, but not late maturing youth, higher depressive symptoms were associated with a reduced ERN. The magnitude of neural reactivity to errors is sensitive to anxiety, depression, and development. Early physical maturation and anxiety may heighten neural sensitivity to errors yet predict opposing effects in the context of depression.
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- Amy T. Peters
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, 1747 W Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL, 60608
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, 1747 W Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL, 60608
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- Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, 1747 W Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL, 60608
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- University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
- University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Florida State University, Department of Psychology and Biomedical Sciences, 1107 W. Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, 1747 W Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL, 60608
- University of Illinois-Chicago, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology & Graduate Program in Neuroscience, 840 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60612
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Brief training in mindfulness may normalize a blunted error-related negativity in chronically depressed patients. COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2018; 17:1164-1175. [PMID: 28975567 PMCID: PMC5709439 DOI: 10.3758/s13415-017-0540-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The error-related negativity (ERN), an evoked-potential that arises in response to the commission of errors, is an important early indicator of self-regulatory capacities. In this study we investigated whether brief mindfulness training can reverse ERN deficits in chronically depressed patients. The ERN was assessed in a sustained attention task. Chronically depressed patients (n = 59) showed significantly blunted expression of the ERN in frontocentral and frontal regions, relative to healthy controls (n = 18). Following two weeks of training, the patients (n = 24) in the mindfulness condition showed a significantly increased ERN magnitude in the frontal region, but there were no significant changes in patients who had received a resting control (n = 22). The findings suggest that brief training in mindfulness may help normalize aberrations in the ERN in chronically depressed patients, providing preliminary evidence for the responsiveness of this parameter to mental training.
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Lyoo YC, Park S, Ju S, Shin KS, Hwang J, Yoon S, Kim J, Cho HB, Kim YH, Kim JH, Jeong HS, Kim JE. A performance comparison between the two language versions of the Affective Go/No-Go test: A randomised crossover study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2017. [PMID: 28634985 DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The purpose of this randomised crossover study is to validate the Korean version of the Affective Go/No-go (AGN) test. The Korean words for the AGN test were selected after careful evaluation of emotional valences, word length and frequency. Fifteen Korean advanced learners of English were administered both Korean and English versions, yielding 30 data points. The performance of both language versions was compared for each of the AGN test parameters (response latency, commission error and omission error) using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were estimated to evaluate associations between the two versions. The ICCs were high for response latencies of all valences and commission errors of positive and neutral words, but not for that of negative words and omission errors of all valences. A similar pattern of test results, as revealed by the high ICCs and non-significant interaction effects between language and word valence, suggests that the psychometric properties of the AGN test may be comparable over different language versions.
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- Younghyun C Lyoo
- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.,Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Business, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- The Brain Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- Ewha Brain Institute, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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Whitton AE, Veer AV, Kakani P, Dillon DG, Ironside ML, Haile A, Crowley DJ, Pizzagalli DA. Acute stress impairs frontocingulate activation during error monitoring in remitted depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2017; 75:164-172. [PMID: 27835807 PMCID: PMC5135598 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Deficits in cognitive control are a hallmark characteristic of depression, however less is known about the degree to which they persist beyond symptom remission and might contribute to symptom recurrence in remitted individuals (rMDD). Evidence indicates that stress interferes with cognitive control, highlighting a potential mechanism by which stress precipitates depression relapse. Therefore, this study examined whether stress exposure elicits deficits in error monitoring - a component of cognitive control thought to be particularly implicated in the ability to adaptively respond to negative feedback - in individuals with rMDD. Unmedicated individuals with rMDD (n=30) and healthy controls (n=34) performed an Eriksen Flanker task before and 45min after an acute stressor while 128-channel event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded. Flanker interference effects and post-error adjustments were examined, and ERP analyses focused on the error-related negativity (ERN) and error positivity (Pe). Standardized low resolution electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) was used to examine stress-induced changes in current source density. Individuals with rMDD showed blunted cortisol reactivity to the stressor, coupled with heightened self-reported stress reactivity. Although no significant effects of group or stress were observed in scalp-level ERPs, source-level analyses indicated that among the rMDD group only, stress caused a reduction in activation in frontocingulate regions critically implicated in error monitoring. The magnitude of stress-induced decreases in frontocingulate activation correlated with heightened self-reported stress reactivity, and also predicted heightened levels of stress and depression 18 months later in the entire sample. These findings suggest that individuals with rMDD show a stress-induced disruption in frontocingulate function that is linked to heightened stress reactivity, and this disruption prospectively predicts heightened levels of future stress and depressive symptomatology.
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Meta-analysis and psychophysiology: A tutorial using depression and action-monitoring event-related potentials. Int J Psychophysiol 2017; 111:17-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A Cerebellar Framework for Predictive Coding and Homeostatic Regulation in Depressive Disorder. THE CEREBELLUM 2016; 15:30-33. [PMID: 26249226 PMCID: PMC4726720 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-015-0708-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Depressive disorder is associated with abnormalities in the processing of reward and punishment signals and disturbances in homeostatic regulation. These abnormalities are proposed to impair error minimization routines for reducing uncertainty. Several lines of research point towards a role of the cerebellum in reward- and punishment-related predictive coding and homeostatic regulatory function in depressive disorder. Available functional and anatomical evidence suggests that in addition to the cortico-limbic networks, the cerebellum is part of the dysfunctional brain circuit in depressive disorder as well. It is proposed that impaired cerebellar function contributes to abnormalities in predictive coding and homeostatic dysregulation in depressive disorder. Further research on the role of the cerebellum in depressive disorder may further extend our knowledge on the functional and neural mechanisms of depressive disorder and development of novel antidepressant treatments strategies targeting the cerebellum.
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Weinberg A, Meyer A, Hale-Rude E, Perlman G, Kotov R, Klein DN, Hajcak G. Error-related negativity (ERN) and sustained threat: Conceptual framework and empirical evaluation in an adolescent sample. Psychophysiology 2016; 53:372-85. [PMID: 26877129 PMCID: PMC4756390 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The error-related negativity (ERN) currently appears as a physiological measure in relation to three Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) constructs: Cognitive Control, Sustained Threat, and Reward Learning. We propose a conceptual model in which variance in the ERN reflects individual differences in the degree to which errors are evaluated as threatening. We also discuss evidence for the placement of the ERN in the "Sustained Threat" construct, as well as evidence that the ERN may more specifically reflect sensitivity to endogenous threat. Following this, we present data from a sample of 515 adolescent females demonstrating a larger ERN in relation to self-reported checking behaviors, but only in older adolescents, suggesting that sensitivity to internal threat and the ERN-checking relationship may follow a developmental course as adolescents develop behavioral control. In contrast, depressive symptoms were linked to a smaller ERN, and this association was invariant with respect to age. Collectively, these data suggest that the magnitude of the ERN is sensitive both to specific anxiety-related processes and depression, in opposing directions that may reflect variation in internal threat sensitivity. We discuss directions for future research, as well as ways in which findings for the ERN complement and challenge aspects of the current RDoC matrix.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University
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- Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University
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Weinberg A, Liu H, Shankman SA. Blunted neural response to errors as a trait marker of melancholic depression. Biol Psychol 2015; 113:100-7. [PMID: 26638761 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Identification of biomarkers of vulnerability for Major Depressive Disorder is a high priority, but heterogeneity of the diagnosis can hinder research. Biomarkers of vulnerability should also be present in the absence of the diagnosis. The present study examined the magnitude of the error-related negativity (ERN), an event-related potential component following errors in a sample with remitted melancholic depression (N=17), remitted non-melancholic depression (N=33), and healthy controls (N=55). Remitted melancholic depression was uniquely characterized by a blunted ERN relative to the other two groups. Individuals with remitted non-melancholic depression did not differ from controls in the magnitude of the ERN. This was the case despite the fact that the melancholic and non-melancholic groups did not differ in course or severity of their past illnesses, or in their current functioning. Results suggest that the blunted ERN may be a viable vulnerability marker for melancholia.
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
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Alfimova MV, Melnikova TS, Golimbet VE. [Molecular-genetic and electroencephalographic markers of neurocognitive processes in depressive disorders]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2015; 115:103-109. [PMID: 26438903 DOI: 10.17116/jnevro201511551103-109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Perspectives of molecular-genetic approaches to the establishment of mechanisms of development and causes of heterogeneity of neurocognitive impairment are discussed. The current results indicate that candidate genes for depression can contribute to the variance of memory and regulatory functions in patients. At the same time, these genes are closely related to affective information processing and .cortisol level. By that fact, it can't be excluded that affective processes moderate the association between cognition and genes. EEG parameters could be useful phenotypes in the search for and understanding of genetic mechanisms of cognitive deficit in depression. Parameters of resting EEG and its reactive changes are known to reflect the certain cognitive processes. They are influenced by genetic factors and are sensitive indicators of mechanisms that might underlie cognitive impairment in depressive patients. Accumulating data on molecular-genetic correlates of normal electric brain activity may be a source of choosing new candidate genes for cognitive impairment in depression.
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- M V Alfimova
- Mental Health Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow
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- Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow
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- Mental Health Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Weinberg A, Dieterich R, Riesel A. Error-related brain activity in the age of RDoC: A review of the literature. Int J Psychophysiol 2015; 98:276-299. [PMID: 25746725 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The ability to detect and respond to errors is critical to successful adaptation to a changing environment. The error-related negativity (ERN), an event-related potential (ERP) component, is a well-validated neural response to errors and reflects the error monitoring activity of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Additionally, the ERN is implicated in several processes key to adaptive functioning. Abnormalities in error-related brain activity have been linked to multiple forms of psychopathology and individual differences. As such, the component is likely to be useful in NIMH's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative to establish biologically-meaningful dimensions of psychological dysfunction, and currently appears as a unit of measurement in three RDoC domains: Positive Valence Systems, Negative Valence Systems, and Cognitive Systems. In this review paper, we introduce the ERN and discuss evidence related to its psychometric properties, as well as important task differences. Following this, we discuss evidence linking the ERN to clinically diverse forms of psychopathology, as well as the implications of one unit of measurement appearing in multiple RDoC dimensions. And finally, we discuss important future directions, as well as research pathways by which the ERN might be leveraged to track the ways in which dysfunctions in multiple neural systems interact to influence psychological well-being.
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- Anna Weinberg
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States.
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- Clinical Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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- Clinical Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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