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@ARTICLE{Ko:1023815,
author = {Ko, Yiu Hong and Zhou, Andong and Niessen, Eva and Stahl,
Jutta and Weiss-Blankenhorn, Peter and Hester, Robert and
Bode, Stefan and Feuerriegel, Daniel},
title = {{N}eural correlates of confidence during decision formation
in a perceptual judgment task},
journal = {Cortex},
volume = {173},
issn = {0010-9452},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-01820},
pages = {248 - 262},
year = {2024},
abstract = {When we make a decision, we also estimate the probability
that our choice is correct or accurate. This probability
estimate is termed our degree of decision confidence. Recent
work has reported event-related potential (ERP) correlates
of confidence both during decision formation (the
centro-parietal positivity component; CPP) and after a
decision has been made (the error positivity component; Pe).
However, there are several measurement confounds that
complicate the interpretation of these findings. More recent
studies that overcome these issues have so far produced
conflicting results. To better characterise the ERP
correlates of confidence we presented participants with a
comparative brightness judgment task while recording
electroencephalography. Participants judged which of two
flickering squares (varying in luminance over time) was
brighter on average. Participants then gave confidence
ratings ranging from "surely incorrect" to "surely correct".
To elicit a range of confidence ratings we manipulated both
the mean luminance difference between the brighter and
darker squares (relative evidence) and the overall luminance
of both squares (absolute evidence). We found larger CPP
amplitudes in trials with higher confidence ratings. This
association was not simply a by-product of differences in
relative evidence (which covaries with confidence) across
trials. We did not identify postdecisional ERP correlates of
confidence, except when they were artificially produced by
pre-response ERP baselines. These results provide further
evidence for neural correlates of processes that inform
confidence judgments during decision formation.Keywords:
CPP; Confidence; Decision making; EEG; Pe.},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {5251 - Multilevel Brain Organization and Variability
(POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5251},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {38432176},
UT = {WOS:001205756600001},
doi = {10.1016/j.cortex.2024.01.006},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1023815},
}