And if we had a genius stroke person out there she could apply this to stroke recovery and make our errors useful for correcting the stroke problems. I'm sure your doctor has no clue how to relate this to your problems in recovery.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00050/full?utm_source=newsletter&
A perspective on neural and cognitive mechanisms of error commission
- 1Performance Psychology, Institute of Psychology, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- 2Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine of the TU Dresden,
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
Behavioral adaptation and cognitive control are crucial for
goal-reaching behaviors. Every creature is ubiquitously faced with
choices between behavioral alternatives. Common sense suggests that
errors are an important source of information in the regulation of such
processes. Several theories exist regarding cognitive control and the
processing of undesired outcomes. However, most of these models focus on
the consequences of an error, and less attention has been paid to the
mechanisms that underlie the commissioning of an error. In this article,
we present an integrative review of neuro-cognitive models that detail
the determinants of the occurrence of response errors. The factors that
may determine the likelihood of committing errors are likely related to
the stability of task-representations in prefrontal networks,
attentional selection mechanisms and mechanisms of action selection in
basal ganglia circuits. An important conclusion is that the likelihood
of committing an error is not stable over time but rather changes
depending on the interplay of different functional neuro-anatomical and
neuro-biological systems. We describe factors that might determine the
time-course of cognitive control and the need to adapt behavior
following response errors. Finally, we outline the mechanisms that may
proof useful for predicting the outcomes of cognitive control and the
emergence of response errors in future research.
Introduction
Errare humanum est, sed in errare perseverare diabolicum
(Seneca). In other words: “who commits an error and does not correct
it, commits a second one” (Confucius). Similar notions can be found in
texts by Seneca, Horaz, Cicero and Aristotle. Already these
philosophical notions stipulate the relevance and importance of the
detection and compensation of errors. However, obviously there exist
several types of errors. Basically, one can commit “mistakes” (e.g., not
knowing the correct decision) or “slips” (the selected action is not
what has been intended). The latter is what is this manuscript is about:
a situation leading to an inappropriate action selection, likely making
you think: “Upps.”
Sven Hoffmann1* and 
Christian Beste2*
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