Home » Psychology news » Oops! Researchers find neural signature for mistake correction
Oops! Researchers find neural signature for mistake correction
April 24, 2014 by NewsBot
Researchers have captured an elusive brain signal underlying memory transfer and, in doing so, pinpointed the first neural circuit for "oops" -- the precise moment when one becomes consciously aware of a self-made mistake and takes corrective action. The findings verified a 20-year-old hypothesis on how brain areas communicate.