There is considerable evidence showing that people slow down after making an error. The post-error slowing is typically interpreted as the result of adaptation processes raising response criteria in order to avoid future errors. Here we analyze performance results of a previous study examining the relation between intelligence and electrocortical concomitants of mental rotation. Participants performed a hybrid Choice/Go-NoGo task presenting stimuli upright or rotated (60, 120, or 180 degrees) in normal or mirror image. The results showed that low-ability participants responded slower overall and committed more errors—in particular on NoGo trials with 180 degrees rotated stimuli. We selected the error trials and 7 correct Go trials preceding the error trial and 3 correct Go trials following the error trial. The results showed considerable post-error slowing and revealed that this slowing was related to intelligence—low-ability participants showed greater slowing than high-ability participants. This finding was interpreted within the context of diffusion-modeling studies of post-error slowing and may suggest that the rate of evidence accumulation and, possibly, the setting of response thresholds on trials following an error is more vulnerable in low- relative to high-ability individuals.

有相当多的证据表明，人们在犯错后会放慢速度。错误后减速通常被解释为适应过程提高响应标准以避免未来错误的结果。在这里，我们分析了先前研究的表现结果，该研究检查了智力与心理旋转的皮层电伴随物之间的关系。参与者执行混合选择/Go-NoGo 任务，在正常或镜像中呈现直立或旋转（60、120 或 180 度）的刺激。结果表明，能力低下的参与者总体上反应较慢，犯了更多的错误——特别是在 180 度旋转刺激的 NoGo 试验中。我们选择了错误试验和错误试验之前的 7 次正确围棋试验以及错误试验之后的 3 次正确围棋试验。结果显示出错误后的显着放缓，并表明这种放缓与智力有关——低能力参与者比高能力参与者表现出更大的放缓。这一发现是在错误后减缓的扩散建模研究的背景下进行解释的，并且可能表明证据积累的速度以及错误后试验的响应阈值的设置在低相对于高的情况下更容易受到影响。能力个人。