PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carter, Cameron S.
AU  - Braver, Todd S.
AU  - Barch, Deanna M.
AU  - Botvinick, Matthew M.
AU  - Noll, Douglas
AU  - Cohen, Jonathan D.
TI  - Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Error Detection, and the Online Monitoring of Performance
AID  - 10.1126/science.280.5364.747
DP  - 1998 May 01
TA  - Science
PG  - 747--749
VI  - 280
IP  - 5364
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/280/5364/747.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/280/5364/747.full
SO  - Science1998 May 01; 280
AB  - An unresolved question in neuroscience and psychology is how the brain monitors performance to regulate behavior. It has been proposed that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), on the medial surface of the frontal lobe, contributes to performance monitoring by detecting errors. In this study, event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to examine ACC function. Results confirm that this region shows activity during erroneous responses. However, activity was also observed in the same region during correct responses under conditions of increased response competition. This suggests that the ACC detects conditions under which errors are likely to occur rather than errors themselves.