No Money, No Problem: Enhanced Reward Positivity in the Absence of Monetary Reward

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Edward TunisonJoshua M Carlson

Abstract

The reward-related positivity (RewP) is an event-related potential (ERP) with a positive amplitude occurring approximately 250-350 ms post-feedback at frontocentral electroencephalogram (EEG) electrode sites. The RewP is typically elicited in monetary gambling tasks and has a relatively larger amplitude for positive vs. negative outcomes. However, the extent to which RewP amplitude is modulated by non-monetary feedback is less clear. To address this issue, EEG was used to record reward-related electrocortical activity during a simple non-monetary gambling task. We hypothesized that the RewP would be enhanced for non-monetary wins relative to losses, which was supported by the results. In our supplementary material, we provide additional analyses suggesting that this effect was not observed for the P3. In sum, RewP amplitudes were larger for positive (nonmonetary) feedback relative to negative feedback at frontocentral electrode sites-suggesting that monetary reward is not necessary to elicit the RewP.

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