Children show greater neural activity for correct than incorrect responses, opposite the adult error-monitoring pattern¶

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q3 i? Across pedagogical groups, correct responses elicited higher activity than incorrect responses in bilateral PCC, precuneus, and other regions. → Denervaud 2020

Evidence¶

Denervaud 2020¶

Denervaud, S., Fornari, E., Yang, X.-F., Hagmann, P., Immordino-Yang, M. H., & Sander, D. (2020). An fMRI study of error monitoring in Montessori and traditionally-schooled children. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-020-0069-6

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Second-level mixed-design ANOVA of fMRI BOLD activation (main effect of response, FDR cluster-corrected) found correct responses elicited "higher brain activity" in bilateral PCC, left precuneus, middle frontal gyrus, inferior temporal gyrus, and cerebellum.

"relative to incorrect responses, correct responses elicited higher brain activity (Fig. 3 top panel, Table 2A) in the bilateral posterior cingulate cortex and left precuneus, as well as within the middle frontal gyrus, the left inferior temporal gyrus, and both left 1st and 2nd crus of the cerebellum."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Correct and incorrect subtraction trials produce similar robust brain activity in DD children, indicating aberrant activation is not driven by error processing — reports the opposite
• Montessori students miss fewer trials but make more incorrect responses than traditionally-schooled students at equivalent accuracy — related
• Functional connectivity after correct versus incorrect responses differs by pedagogy: ACC–hippocampus in traditional students after correct trials, ACC–frontal connectivity in Montessori students after incorrect trials — related