Department of Psychology, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, United States of America.
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States of America.
Int J Psychophysiol. 2021 Aug;166:188-198. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.02.015. Epub 2021 Feb 27.
If an ERP score is to reflect a trait-like characteristic or indicate if an intervention had an effect over time, adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability of that ERP score across multiple testing sessions must be established. The current paper is a companion paper to Clayson et al. (current issue) that applied generalizability theory formulas and the ERP Reliability Analysis (ERA) Toolbox to assess test-retest and internal consistency in a dataset of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) assessing food-related cognition. Although ERPs in response to food cues have been related to eating behaviors or assessed during a health intervention, the reliability of food-related ERPs generally has not been tested. Within the generalizability theory framework, we assessed the stability (cf., test-retest reliability) and equivalence (cf., internal consistency) of four commonly used food-related ERPs: the late positive potential (LPP), centro-parietal P3, N2, and fronto-central P3. 132 participants (92 female) completed two testing sessions held two weeks apart. During the sessions, participants completed a passive food viewing task, a high-calorie go/no-go task, and a low-calorie go/no-go task in a counterbalanced fashion. Coefficients of equivalence for all ERPs were excellent (>0.96). Coefficients of stability were moderate-to-low, with N2 scores on the low-calorie go/no-go task showing the highest test-retest reliability (>0.65) and fronto-central P3 scores on the high-calorie go/no-go task showing the lowest (0.48). Results suggest the ERPs in the current dataset have high internal consistency and would be reliable in detecting individual differences, but their test-retest reliability is limited. Reliability of these ERPs may be improved with changes in task stimuli, task instructions, and study procedures.
如果 ERP 分数要反映出一种特质特征或表明干预措施是否随着时间的推移产生了效果,那么必须在多次测试中建立该 ERP 分数在内部一致性和重测信度方面的充分稳定性和可重复性。本文是与 Clayson 等人的配套论文(本期),该论文应用了可概括性理论公式和 ERP 可靠性分析(ERA)工具箱,评估了用于评估与食物相关认知的事件相关脑电位(ERP)的数据集的重测信度和内部一致性。尽管食物线索诱发的 ERP 与进食行为有关,或者在健康干预期间进行评估,但食物相关 ERP 的可靠性通常尚未得到测试。在可概括性理论框架内,我们评估了四个常用的食物相关 ERP 的稳定性(即重测信度)和等效性(即内部一致性):晚期正电位(LPP)、中央顶叶 P3、N2 和额中央 P3。132 名参与者(92 名女性)完成了两次测试,两次测试相隔两周。在测试过程中,参与者以平衡的方式完成了被动观看食物任务、高卡路里 Go/No-go 任务和低卡路里 Go/No-go 任务。所有 ERP 的等效系数均非常优秀(>0.96)。稳定性系数为中等至较低,低卡路里 Go/No-go 任务的 N2 分数具有最高的重测信度(>0.65),高卡路里 Go/No-go 任务的额中央 P3 分数具有最低的重测信度(0.48)。结果表明,当前数据集的 ERP 具有较高的内部一致性,并且能够可靠地检测个体差异,但它们的重测信度有限。通过改变任务刺激、任务说明和研究程序,这些 ERP 的可靠性可能会得到提高。