The role of the right inferior frontal gyrus: inhibition and attentional control
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit · Medical Research Council · +2 more institutions
Abstract
There is growing interest regarding the role of the right inferior frontal gyrus (RIFG) during a particular form of executive control referred to as response inhibition. However, tasks used to examine neural activity at the point of response inhibition have rarely controlled for the potentially confounding effects of attentional demand. In particular, it is unclear whether the RIFG is specifically involved in inhibitory control, or is involved more generally in the detection of salient or task relevant cues. The current fMRI study sought to clarify the role of the RIFG in executive control by holding the stimulus conditions of one of the most popular response inhibition tasks-the Stop Signal Task-constant,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 34.05
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- 100%
- References
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Authors
5- AHAdam HampshireCorresponding
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council
- SRSamuel R. Chamberlain
University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital
- MMMartin M. Monti
Medical Research Council, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
- JSJohn S. Duncan
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council
- AMAdrian M. Owen
Medical Research Council, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Topics & keywords
- Response inhibition
- Psychology
- Inhibitory control
- Neuroscience
- Stimulus (psychology)
- Stop signal
- Inferior frontal gyrus
- Neural correlates of consciousness