Depressive Feedback Utilization: The Feedback-Related Negativity as an Index of the`Catastrophic Response to Perceived Failure'

<p>The current research examined the impact of negative feedback on event-related potentials associated with error detection and correction in individuals with varying levels of depression. Depression is known to be associated with a number of cognitive effects, including deficits in executive functioning. Beats, Sahakian, and Levy (1996) have suggested that executive deficits in depression may be related to a `catastrophic response to perceived failure,' which can lead to performance deficits subsequent to errors. The current study examined the Feedback-Related Negativity (FRN), an event-related potential (ERP) component observed following errors and in response to error feedback, as a possible index of this depressive response to feedback. Thirty undergraduate volunteer participants with extreme scores on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D) completed a challenging two-stimulus deception paradigm that taps a number of executive functions. The paradigm manipulated the allowable reaction time to create easy and difficult conditions.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Buzan, Robert

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jennifer M C Vendemia

• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Depression
• ERP
• Event-Related Potential
• Feedback
• Feedback-Related Negativity
• FRN

Statement dc:rights

• © 2011, Robert Buzan

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/2132

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-3133