Feedback modulates gamma oscillations in a hypothesis testing paradigm

Brain Res. 2007 Apr 13:1141:147-53. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.053. Epub 2007 Jan 25.

Abstract

We analyzed the time-varying modulation of gamma (>30 Hz) electroencephalographic (EEG) activity exerted by positive and negative feedback in a hypothesis testing paradigm. Ten college students serially tested hypotheses concerning a hidden rule by judging its presence or absence in triplets of digits and revised them on the basis of an exogenous performance feedback. The EEG signal was convolved with a family of complex wavelets and brain potentials were extracted in the gamma range. Feedback-related modulations were found as early as 100 ms after feedback onset, as well as in the 300-600 ms time-window. The results were discussed in terms of functional and neurophysiological models of feedback.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biological Clocks / physiology*
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Brain Mapping*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Evoked Potentials / physiology*
  • Feedback / physiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Judgment / physiology
  • Male
  • Photic Stimulation / methods
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Time Factors