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ArticleAttention, perception & psychophysics2026

Predicting errors before they occur using trial-by-trial dynamics of pre-error and post-error behavior.

Sarah B Malykke, Audrey Siqi-Liu, Dwight J Kravitz, Stephen R Mitroff

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Article in Attention, perception & psychophysics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Sarah B MalykkeDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, 2013 H St. NW, Washington, DC, 20006, USA. sarahmalykke@gwu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-0306-9337
Audrey Siqi-LiuDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, 2013 H St. NW, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.
Dwight J KravitzDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, 2013 H St. NW, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.
Stephen R MitroffDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, 2013 H St. NW, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Errors rarely occur in isolation, but rather within behavioral sequences and are known to shape subsequent behavior. However, understanding the full time course of the impact of errors has been challenging given data limitations. Here, to gain key insights, two groups of precisely matched participants (n > 35,000) were compared; those who made versus did not make an error in a short object discrimination task. Linear mixed-effects models revealed error-induced effects both preceding and following errors. First, the error group showed pre-error speeding up to eight trials before the error occurred. Second, post-error slowing occurred and rapidly diminished over trials. Finally, leave-one-out cross-validation models using individual trial behavior predicted an upcoming error eight trials before the error occurred. This project highlights the systematic nature of behavioral changes around errors and demonstrates the potential for early error prediction and intervention using only simple metrics and models.

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Discrimination, PsychologicalPattern Recognition, VisualPsychomotor PerformanceReaction TimeHumansBig dataCognitive controlError predictionPost-error slowingPre-error speeding

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PMID42215806

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