Feedback does not influence the recognition-related P300 in a novel concealed information test while feedback-evoked P300 shows promising diagnostic accuracy

• Published in: International journal of psychophysiology Vol. 157; pp. 32 - 41
• Main Authors: Sai, Liyang, Li, Hong, Wang, Chongxiang, Rosenfeld, J.P., Lin, Xiaohong, Fu, Genyue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-11-2020
• Subjects: Concealed information test; Deception detection; Feedback-related potentials; P300; Feedback-related potentials; Concealed information test; Deception detection; P300
• ISSN: 0167-8760; 1872-7697
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.08.003

The feedback concealed information test (fCIT) is a novel variant of a CIT, which provides participants with feedback regarding their memory concealment performance during the CIT. Previous studies have found that feedback-related ERPs associated with feedback processing in the fCIT can accurately identify concealed information. However, it is still unknown whether the feedback influences the process and ERP signs of recognition during memory concealment, such as the recognition P300. To address this issue, the present study directly compared the recognition-based P300 in CITs with and without feedback. Results showed that the probe elicited a larger recognition P300 than irrelevants in both CITs with and without feedback, and there were no significant differences in recognition P300 between those two CITs. Moreover, the detection rate for recognition-based P300 in both CITs also had no significant difference. The feedback-related ERPs, especially feedback P300, continued to discriminate guilty and innocent subjects with AUCs well above the chance.
•The study examined whether feedback influences ERP signs of recognition in a novel feedback CIT.•Recognition P300 did not differ between CIT with and without feedback.•The diagnostic accuracy of feedback P300 is 89% (AUC = 0.91).•The novel feedback CIT has a future in detecting concealed information worth further investigation.