@article{ref1,
title="Inefficiency of post-error adjustment in impulsive violent offenders",
journal="Neuroreport",
year="2014",
author="Chen, Chiao-Yun and Muggleton, Neil G. and Chang, Jia-Ren",
volume="25",
number="13",
pages="1024-1029",
abstract="Criminal offenders who show repeated impulsive violent behavior are often described as having impairments in both inhibitory control and error processing. A sample of such offenders was compared with controls using event-related potentials recorded during the performance of a combined flanker and stop-signal task with the aim of investigating the underlying mechanisms that may contribute toward such violent behavior by indexing conflict monitoring, error detection, and post-error processing. The results obtained indicated lower amplitude of the stop-signal N2 component for successfully inhibited trials, reflecting different degrees of inhibition in impulsive violent offenders, as well as a reduced Pe component over the parietal area, an indication of reduced awareness of errors. This is consistent with the behavioral data indicating a lack of post-error slowing compared with the control group. This suggests that these offenders have problems with error awareness, subjective error assessment processes, and the adjustment of future behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0959-4965",
doi="10.1097/WNR.0000000000000212",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0000000000000212"
}