Electrophysiological correlates of confidence differ across correct and erroneous perceptual decisions

D Feuerriegel; M Murphy; A Konski; V Mepani; J Sun; R Hester; S Bode

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Electrophysiological correlates of confidence differ across correct and erroneous perceptual decisions

D Feuerriegel, M Murphy, A Konski, V Mepani, J Sun, R Hester, S Bode

Neuroimage | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119447

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Abstract

Every decision we make is accompanied by an estimate of the probability that our decision is accurate or appropriate. This probability estimate is termed our degree of decision confidence. Recent work has uncovered event-related potential (ERP) correlates of confidence both during decision formation and after a decision has been made. However, the interpretation of these findings is complicated by methodological issues related to ERP amplitude measurement that are prevalent across existing studies. To more accurately characterise the neural correlates of confidence, we presented participants with a difficult perceptual decision task that elicited a broad range of confidence ratings. We ident..

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Acknowledgments This project was supported by an Australian Research Council Grant (ARC DP160103353) to S.B. and R.H and an Australian Research CouncilDiscovery Early Career Researcher Award to D.F. (ARC DE220101508) . Funding sources had no role in study design, data collection, analysis or interpretation of results. We thank Pragya Arora for her help with data collection.