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Kershner JR. Early life stress, literacy and dyslexia: an evolutionary perspective. Brain Struct Funct 2024; 229:809-822. [PMID: 38436668 PMCID: PMC11003919 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-024-02766-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
Abstract
Stress and learning co-evolved in parallel, with their interdependence critical to the survival of the species. Even today, the regulation of moderate levels of stress by the central autonomic network (CAN), especially during pre- and post-natal periods, facilitates biological adaptability and is an essential precursor for the cognitive requisites of learning to read. Reading is a remarkable evolutionary achievement of the human brain, mysteriously unusual, because it is not pre-wired with a genetic address to facilitate its acquisition. There is no gene for reading. The review suggests that reading co-opts a brain circuit centered in the left hemisphere ventral occipital cortex that evolved as a domain-general visual processor. Its adoption by reading depends on the CAN's coordination of the learning and emotional requirements of learning to read at the metabolic, cellular, synaptic, and network levels. By stabilizing a child's self-control and modulating the attention network's inhibitory controls over the reading circuit, the CAN plays a key role in school readiness and learning to read. In addition, the review revealed two beneficial CAN evolutionary adjustments to early-life stress "overloads" that come with incidental costs of school under-performance and dyslexia. A short-term adaptation involving methylation of the FKBP5 and NR3C1 genes is a liability for academic achievement in primary school. The adaptation leading to dyslexia induces alterations in BDNF trafficking, promoting long-term adaptive fitness by protecting against excessive glucocorticoid toxicity but risks reading difficulties by disruptive signaling from the CAN to the attention networks and the reading circuit.
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- John R Kershner
- Department of Applied Psychology and Human Resources, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A1, Canada.
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Cui S, Jiang P, Cheng Y, Cai H, Zhu J, Yu Y. Molecular mechanisms underlying resting-state brain functional correlates of behavioral inhibition. Neuroimage 2023; 283:120415. [PMID: 37863277 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Previous literature has established the presence of sex differences in behavioral inhibition as well as its neural substrates and related disease risk. However, there is limited evidence that speaks directly to the question of whether or not there are sex-dependent associations between behavioral inhibition and resting-state brain function and, if so, how they are modulated by the underlying molecular mechanisms. We computed functional connectivity density (FCD) using resting-state functional MRI data to examine their associations with behavioral inhibition ability measured using a Go/No-Go task across a large cohort of 510 healthy young adults. Then, we examined the spatial relationships of the FCD correlates of behavioral inhibition with gene expression and neurotransmitter atlases to explore their potential genetic architecture and neurochemical basis. A significant negative correlation between behavioral inhibition and FCD in the left superior parietal lobule was found in females but not males. Further spatial correlation analyses demonstrated that the identified neural correlates of behavioral inhibition were associated with expression of gene categories predominantly implicating essential components of the cerebral cortex (glial cell, neuron, axon, dendrite, and synapse) and ion channel activity, as well as were linked to the serotonergic system. Our findings may not only yield important insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the female-specific neural substrates of behavioral inhibition, but also provide a critical context for understanding how biological sex might contribute to variation in behavioral inhibition and its related disease risk.
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- Shunshun Cui
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China; Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China; Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China; Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China; Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China; Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China; Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China; Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China; Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China; Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China; Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China.
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China; Research Center of Clinical Medical Imaging, Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China; Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Hefei 230032, China.
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Takeyama H, Matsumoto R, Usami K, Nakae T, Shimotake A, Kikuchi T, Yoshida K, Kunieda T, Miyamoto S, Takahashi R, Ikeda A. Secondary motor areas for response inhibition: an epicortical recording and stimulation study. Brain Commun 2022; 4:fcac204. [PMID: 35982946 PMCID: PMC9380994 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The areas that directly inhibit motor responses in the human brain remain not fully clarified, although the pre-supplementary motor area and lateral premotor areas have been implicated. The objective of the present study was to delineate the critical areas for response inhibition and the associated functional organization of the executive action control system in the frontal lobe. The subjects were eight intractable focal epilepsy patients with chronic subdural or depth electrode implantation for presurgical evaluation covering the frontal lobe (five for left hemisphere, three for right). We recorded event-related potentials to a Go/No-Go task. We then applied a brief 50 Hz electrical stimulation to investigate the effect of the intervention on the task. Brief stimulation was given to the cortical areas generating discrete event-related potentials specific for the No-Go trials (1–3 stimulation sites/patient, a total of 12 stimulation sites). We compared the locations of event-related potentials with the results of electrical cortical stimulation for clinical mapping. We also compared the behavioural changes induced by another brief stimulation with electrical cortical stimulation mapping. As the results, anatomically, No-Go-specific event-related potentials with relatively high amplitude, named ‘large No-Go event-related potentials’, were observed predominantly in the secondary motor areas, made up of the supplementary motor area proper, the pre-supplementary motor area, and the lateral premotor areas. Functionally, large No-Go event-related potentials in the frontal lobe were located at or around the negative motor areas or language-related areas. Brief stimulation prolonged Go reaction time at most stimulation sites (66.7%) [P < 0.0001, effect size (d) = 0.30, Wilcoxon rank sum test], and increased No-Go error at some stimulation sites (25.0%: left posterior middle frontal gyrus and left pre-supplementary motor area). The stimulation sites we adopted for brief stimulation were most frequently labelled ‘negative motor area’ (63.6%), followed by ‘language-related area’ (18.2%) by the electrical cortical stimulation mapping. The stimulation sites where the brief stimulation increased No-Go errors tended to be labelled ‘language-related area’ more frequently than ‘negative motor area’ [P = 0.0833, Fisher’s exact test (two-sided)] and were located more anteriorly than were those without a No-Go error increase. By integrating the methods of different modality, namely, event-related potentials combined with brief stimulation and clinical electrical cortical stimulation mapping, we conducted a novel neuroscientific approach, providing direct evidence that secondary motor areas, especially the pre-supplementary motor area and posterior middle frontal gyrus, play an important role in response inhibition.
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- Hirofumi Takeyama
- Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Otsu hospital , Otsu 520-0046 , Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8507 , Japan
- Division of Neurology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine , Kobe 650-0017 , Japan
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- Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8507 , Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga Medical Center for Adults , Moriyama 524-8524 , Japan
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- Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8507 , Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8507 , Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8507 , Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ehime University , Touon 791-0295 , Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8507 , Japan
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- Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University , Kyoto 606-8507 , Japan
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Zhang Q, Zhao B, Neumann WJ, Xie H, Shi L, Zhu G, Yin Z, Qin G, Bai Y, Meng F, Yang A, Jiang Y, Zhang J. Low-frequency oscillations link frontal and parietal cortex with subthalamic nucleus in conflicts. Neuroimage 2022; 258:119389. [PMID: 35714885 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Low-frequency oscillations (LFOs, 28 Hz) in the subthalamic nucleus(STN) are known to reflect cognitive conflict. However, it is unclear if LFOs mediate communication and functional interactions among regions implicated in conflict processing, such as the motor cortex (M1), premotor cortex (PMC), and superior parietal lobule (SPL). To investigate the potential contribution of LFOs to cognitive conflict mediation, we recorded M1, PMC, and SPL activities by right subdural electrocorticography (ECoG) simultaneously with bilateral STN local field potentials (LFPs) by deep brain stimulation electrodes in 13 patients with Parkinson's disease who performed the arrow version of the Eriksen flanker task. Elevated cue-related LFO activity was observed across patients during task trials, with the earliest onset in PMC and SPL. At cue onset, LFO power exhibited a significantly greater increase or a trend of a greater increase in the PMC, M1, and STN, and less increase in the SPL during high-conflict (incongruent) trials than in low-conflict (congruent) trials. The local LFO power increases in PMC, SPL, and right STN were correlated with response time, supporting the notion that these structures are critical hubs for cognitive conflict processing. This power increase was accompanied by increased functional connectivity between the PMC and right STN, which was correlated with response time across subjects. Finally, ipsilateral PMC-STN Granger causality was enhanced during high-conflict trials, with direction from STN to PMC. Our study indicates that LFOs link the frontal and parietal cortex with STN during conflicts, and the ipsilateral PMC-STN connection is specifically involved in this cognitive conflict processing.
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- Quan Zhang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Movement Disorder and Neuromodulation Unit, Department of Neurology, Charite´, Universita¨Tsmedizin Berlin, Charite´ Campus Mitte, Berlin 10117, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China
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- Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China; Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, The South Fourth Ring Road, West Road, Fengtai District & No. 119, Beijing 100070, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurostimulation, Beijing, 100070, China.
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Piani MC, Maggioni E, Delvecchio G, Brambilla P. Sustained attention alterations in major depressive disorder: A review of fMRI studies employing Go/No-Go and CPT tasks. J Affect Disord 2022; 303:98-113. [PMID: 35139418 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe psychiatric condition characterized by selective cognitive dysfunctions. In this regard, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) studies showed, both at resting state and during tasks, alterations in the brain functional networks involved in cognitive processes in MDD patients compared to controls. Among those, it seems that the attention network may have a role in the disease pathophysiology. Therefore, in this review we aim at summarizing the current fMRI evidence investigating sustained attention in MDD patients. METHODS We conducted a search on PubMed on case-control studies on MDD employing fMRI acquisitions during Go/No-Go and continuous performance tasks. A total of 12 studies have been included in the review. RESULTS Overall, the majority of fMRI studies reported quantitative alterations in the response to attentive tasks in selective brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex, the cingulate cortex, the temporal and parietal lobes, the insula and the precuneus, which are key nodes of the attention, the executive, and the default mode networks. LIMITATIONS The heterogeneity in the study designs, fMRI acquisition techniques and processing methods have limited the generalizability of the results. CONCLUSIONS The results from the included studies showed the presence of alterations in the activation patterns of regions involved in sustained attention in MDD, which are in line with current evidence and seemed to explain some of the key symptoms of depression. However, given the paucity and heterogeneity of studies available, it may be worthwhile to continue investigating the attentional domain in MDD with ad-hoc study designs to retrieve more robust evidence.
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- Maria Chiara Piani
- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano 20122, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano 20122, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano 20122, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano 20122, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Italy
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Saporta N, Scheele D, Lieberz J, Nevat M, Kanterman A, Hurlemann R, Shamay-Tsoory SG. Altered activation in the action observation system during synchronization in high loneliness individuals. Cereb Cortex 2022; 33:385-402. [PMID: 35220424 PMCID: PMC9837608 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhac073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Lonely people tend to evaluate social exchanges negatively and to display difficulties in interactions. Interpersonal synchronization is crucial for achieving positive interactions, promoting affinity, closeness, and satisfaction. However, little is known about lonely individuals' ability to synchronize and about their brain activity while synchronizing. Following the screening of 303 participants, we recruited 32 low and 32 high loneliness participants. They were scanned while engaged in movement synchronization, using a novel dyadic interaction paradigm. Results showed that high loneliness individuals exhibited a reduced ability to adapt their movement to their partner's movement. Intriguingly, during movement adaptation periods, high loneliness individuals showed increased activation in the action observation (AO) system, specifically in the inferior frontal gyrus and the inferior parietal lobule. They did not show increased activation in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, which in the context of synchronization was suggested to be related to gap-monitoring. Based on these findings, we propose a model according to which lonely people may require stronger activation of their AO system for alignment, to compensate for some deficiency in their synchronization ability. Despite this hyperactivation, they still suffer from reduced synchronization capacity. Consequently, synchronization may be a relevant intervention area for the amelioration of loneliness.
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- Nira Saporta
- Corresponding author: School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave, Mount Carmel, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
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- Research Section Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany,Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstrasse 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Research Section Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstrasse 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany,Research Center Neurosensory Science, University of Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstrasse 114-118, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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Zhao J, Wang J, Huang C, Liang P. Involvement of the dorsal and ventral attention networks in visual attention span. Hum Brain Mapp 2022; 43:1941-1954. [PMID: 34984762 PMCID: PMC8933248 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Visual attention span (VAS), which refers to the window size of multielement parallel processing in a short time, plays an important role in higher‐level cognition (e.g., reading) as required by encoding large amounts of information input. However, it is still a matter of debate about the underlying neural mechanism of VAS. In the present study, a modified visual 1‐back task was designed by using nonverbal stimuli and nonverbal responses, in which possible influences of target presence and position were considered to identify more pure VAS processing. A task‐driven functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment was then performed, and 30 healthy adults participated in this study. Results of confirmatory and exploratory analyses consistently revealed that both dorsal attention network (DAN) and ventral attention network (VAN) were significantly activated during this visual simultaneous processing. In particular, more significant activation in the left superior parietal lobule (LSPL), as compared to that in the bilateral inferior frontal gyrus (IFGs), suggested a greater involvement of DAN in VAS‐related processing in contrast to VAN. In addition, it was also found that the activation in temporoparietal junctions (TPJs) were suppressed during multielement processing only in the target‐absent condition. The current results suggested the recruitment of LSPL in covert attentional shifts and top‐down control of VAS resources distribution during the rapid visual simultaneous processing, as well as the involvement of bilateral IFGs (especially RIFG) in both VAS processing and inhibitory control. The present findings might bring some enlightenments for diagnosis of the atypicality of attentional disorders and reading difficulties.
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- Jing Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Grol M, Cásedas L, Oomen D, Spronk DB, Fox E. Uncontrolled eating in healthy women has limited influence on food cue reactivity and food-related inhibitory control. Appetite 2022; 168:105767. [PMID: 34687826 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Uncontrolled eating-in the general population-is characterized by overeating, hedonic hunger and being drawn towards palatable foods. Theoretically, it is the result of a strong food reward signal in relation to a poor ability to exert inhibitory control. How food consumption influences inhibitory control and food cue sensitivity, and how this relates to the continued urge to eat, remains unclear. We used fMRI in order to investigate the neural mechanism underlying food cue reactivity and food-specific response inhibition (go-nogo task), by comparing women reporting high (n = 21) versus low/average (n = 19) uncontrolled eating across two sessions: during an inter-meal state and after consumption of a high-caloric snack. We found no effects of individual differences in uncontrolled eating, food consumption, nor their interaction on food cue reactivity. Differences in uncontrolled eating and food consumption did interact in modulating activity in an occipital-parietal network, extending from left lateral superior occipital cortex to visual cortex, cuneal cortex, and precuneus during response inhibition of non-food stimuli, areas previously associated with successful nogo-vs. go-trials. Yet, behavioural performance on the go-nogo task was not modulated by uncontrolled eating nor food consumption. Women with a low/average tendency for uncontrolled eating may need more cognitive resources to support successful response inhibition of non-food stimuli during food 'go' blocks in an inter-meal state, whereas women with a high tendency for uncontrolled eating showed this after food consumption. However, considering current and previous findings, it seems that individual differences in uncontrolled eating in healthy women have only limited influence on food cue reactivity and food-related inhibitory control.
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- Maud Grol
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK
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Kolodny T, Mevorach C, Stern P, Ankaoua M, Dankner Y, Tsafrir S, Shalev L. Are attention and cognitive control altered by fMRI scanner environment? Evidence from Go/No-go tasks in ADHD. Brain Imaging Behav 2021; 16:1003-1013. [PMID: 34705186 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-021-00557-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
It is widely assumed that cognitive processes studied in fMRI are equivalent to cognitive processes engaged in the same experimental paradigms in typical behavioral lab settings. Yet very few studies examined this common assumption, and the results have been equivocal. In the current study we directly tested the effects of fMRI environment on sustained attention and response inhibition, using a Go/No-go task, among participants with (n = 42) and without (n = 21) attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants with ADHD are characterized by deficits in these cognitive functions and may be particularly susceptible to environmental effects on attention. We found a substantial slowing of reaction time in the scanner for all participants, and a trend for enhanced sustained attention, particularly in ADHD participants with poor performance. We also report limited stability of individual differences in scores obtained in the lab and in the scanner. These findings call for cautious interpretation of neuroimaging task-related results, especially those obtained in clinical populations.
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- Tamar Kolodny
- Department of Cognitive Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Department of Psychology and Centre of Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Constantiner School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Constantiner School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Constantiner School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.,Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Konovalov A, Hill C, Daunizeau J, Ruff CC. Dissecting functional contributions of the social brain to strategic behavior. Neuron 2021; 109:3323-3337.e5. [PMID: 34407389 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Social interactions routinely lead to neural activity in a "social brain network" comprising, among other regions, the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) and the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC). But what is the function of these areas? Are they specialized for behavior in social contexts or do they implement computations required for dealing with any reactive process, even non-living entities? Here, we use fMRI and a game paradigm separating the need for these two aspects of cognition. We find that most social-brain areas respond to both social and non-social reactivity rather than just to human opponents. However, the TPJ shows a dissociation from the dmPFC: its activity and connectivity primarily reflect context-dependent outcome processing and reactivity detection, while dmPFC engagement is linked to implementation of a behavioral strategy. Our results characterize an overarching computational property of the social brain but also suggest specialized roles for subregions of this network.
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- Arkady Konovalov
- Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics (ZNE), Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich 8006, Switzerland.
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- Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics (ZNE), Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich 8006, Switzerland
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France; INSERM UMR S975, Paris, France
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- Zurich Center for Neuroeconomics (ZNE), Department of Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich 8006, Switzerland.
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Kinder KT, Buss AT. The effect of motor engagement on memory: Testing a motor-induced encoding account. Mem Cognit 2021; 49:586-599. [PMID: 33159284 DOI: 10.3758/s13421-020-01113-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
The motor system is traditionally thought to reflect the output of cognition. However, the inverse relationship of how the motor system impacts cognitive processes is less known. Work on this interaction has demonstrated that recognition memory for stimuli presented in combination with the inhibition of a prepared action is weaker compared to stimuli associated with the execution of an action (Chiu & Egner, Psychological Science, 26, 27-38, 2015a). This effect has been explained through competition for common neural resources: to the extent that response inhibition processes are recruited, fewer resources are available for memory encoding (Chiu & Egner, Journal of Neuroscience, 35, 11936-11945, 2015b). Alternatively, it has been proposed that action execution enhances memory encoding (Yebra et al., Nature Communications, 10(1), 1-12, 2019). In this report, we examined how recognition memory for stimuli paired with both the preparation and execution of a motor response compare to stimuli absent of any motor processes. We first replicated Chiu and Egner (2015a, 2015b). Next, we added a motor-neutral condition as a baseline comparison. Across three experiments, recognition memory for stimuli associated with action execution was superior to stimuli absent of motor demands. More importantly, we found that recognition memory for stimuli associated with motor preparation, but no subsequent execution, was also superior to stimuli that did not engage the motor system (Experiments 2a and 2b). These results support a motor-induced encoding effect, in which the degree of motor processing (both action preparation and action execution) enhanced memory encoding.
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- Kaleb T Kinder
- Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, 1404 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37916, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, 1404 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37916, USA
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Gerhardt S, Luderer M, Bumb JM, Sobanski E, Moggi F, Kiefer F, Vollstädt-Klein S. Stop What You're Doing!-An fMRI Study on Comparisons of Neural Subprocesses of Response Inhibition in ADHD and Alcohol Use Disorder. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:691930. [PMID: 34603097 PMCID: PMC8481878 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.691930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Rationale: Both attention deficit-/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are accompanied by deficits in response inhibition. Furthermore, the prevalence of comorbidity of ADHD and AUD is high. However, there is a lack of research on whether the same neuronal subprocesses of inhibition (i.e., interference inhibition, action withholding and action cancellation) exhibit deficits in both psychiatric disorders. Methods: We examined these three neural subprocesses of response inhibition in patient groups and healthy controls: non-medicated individuals with ADHD (ADHD; N = 16), recently detoxified and abstinent individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD; N = 15), and healthy controls (HC; N = 15). A hybrid response inhibition task covering interference inhibition, action withholding, and action cancellation was applied using a 3T functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Results: Individuals with ADHD showed an overall stronger hypoactivation in attention related brain areas compared to AUD or HC during action withholding. Further, this hypoactivation was more accentuated during action cancellation. Individuals with AUD recruited a broader network, including the striatum, compared to HC during action withholding. During action cancellation, however, they showed hypoactivation in motor regions. Additionally, specific neural activation profiles regarding group and subprocess became apparent. Conclusions: Even though deficits in response inhibition are related to both ADHD and AUD, neural activation and recruited networks during response inhibition differ regarding both neuronal subprocesses and examined groups. While a replication of this study is needed in a larger sample, the results suggest that tasks have to be carefully selected when examining neural activation patterns of response inhibition either in research on various psychiatric disorders or transdiagnostic questions.
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- Sarah Gerhardt
- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Translational Research Center, University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,Mannheim Center for Translational Neurosciences, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,Feuerlein Center on Translational Addiction Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,Mannheim Center for Translational Neurosciences, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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Breukelaar IA, Griffiths KR, Harris A, Foster SL, Williams LM, Korgaonkar MS. Intrinsic functional connectivity of the default mode and cognitive control networks relate to change in behavioral performance over two years. Cortex 2020; 132:180-190. [PMID: 32987241 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2020.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Understanding how brain circuitry mediates cognitive control of behavior is crucial for understanding both mental health and disease. Cognitive control describes the group of behaviors that guide goal-directed action such as sustaining attention, processing information and inhibiting impulsive responses. We rely on these behaviors for daily social, occupational and emotional functioning. Two brain networks, the cognitive control network (CCN) and default mode network (DMN), are thought to cooperate in an inverse relationship to support these functions. However, we do not yet know how connectivity within and between these networks directly relates to healthy cognitive control behaviors, and whether these interactions change over time. Here, we employed a longitudinal design to investigate if change in intrinsic connectivity in these networks will correlate with change in a range of cognitive control functions. Over two years, 109 healthy individuals, aged eight to thirty-eight, were tested twice using fMRI to assess intrinsic functional connectivity of the CCN and DMN and a validated cognitive battery. We found that increased within-network connectivity through central and left DMN was associated with increased memory performance. Additionally, decreased connectivity between posterior parietal CCN and DMN nodes and decreased connectivity between left and right dorsolateral prefrontal nodes was associated with increased cognitive performance. These findings were age and gender controlled, suggesting that age-independent plastic change in intrinsic connectivity through these networks directly relate to changing behavior. This has implications for targeting intrinsic connectivity as a possible mechanism to improve cognitive function.
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- Isabella A Breukelaar
- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
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- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia; The Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; MIRECC, Palo Alto VA, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Brain Dynamics Centre, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
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Kolodny T, Mevorach C, Stern P, Biderman N, Ankaoua M, Tsafrir S, Shalev L. Fronto-parietal engagement in response inhibition is inversely scaled with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom severity. NEUROIMAGE-CLINICAL 2019; 25:102119. [PMID: 31865022 PMCID: PMC6928458 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2019.102119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A novel Go/No-go task points to a critical role for the IPS in response inhibition. IPS engagement in response inhibition is scaled back with ADHD symptom severity. Fronto-parietal connectivity increases when response inhibition is challenging. Connectivity modulation is also scaled back with ADHD symptom severity.
Background Impaired response inhibition is one of the most consistent findings in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the underlying brain mechanisms are not clear. This study aimed to underpin atypical inhibition-related brain activation and connectivity patterns in ADHD using a novel Go/No-go task design, and to determine its association with clinical symptoms of the disorder. Methods Forty-eight adults with ADHD performed a Go/No-go task in which target frequency was manipulated during functional MRI. Specific inhibition-related brain activation was correlated with ADHD symptom severity, to assess the relationship of individual differences in engagement of inhibition-related brain circuits with the magnitude of every-day functioning impairments. Finally, generalized psychophysical interaction analyses were carried out to examine whether not only engagement but also functional connectivity between regions implicated in response inhibition is related to symptom severity. Results We found no evidence for the expected parietal modulation by increased demand for inhibition at the group-level results. However, this lack of modulation was mediated by individual differences in ADHD symptom severity – increased engagement of the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) in inhibition-demanding events was evident in individuals with less severe symptoms but dissipated with increase in symptomatology. Similarly, functional connectivity between the IPS and the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) was elevated under high inhibitory demand conditions, but this effect diminished with increased symptom severity. Conclusions The results highlight the importance of IPS engagement in response inhibition and suggest that IPS modulation may be driven by top-down control from the IFG. Moreover, the current findings force the point of treating ADHD as a continuum whereby brain correlates are scaled with severity of the disorder, and point to the potential use of individual differences in the modulation of IPS activation and connectivity as a neuromarker of ADHD.
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- Tamar Kolodny
- Department of Cognitive Science, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- School of Psychology and the Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Constantiner School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- School of Psychological Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Constantiner School of Education, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Response-level processing during visual feature search: Effects of frontoparietal activation and adult age. Atten Percept Psychophys 2019; 82:330-349. [PMID: 31376024 PMCID: PMC6995405 DOI: 10.3758/s13414-019-01823-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
Previous research suggests that feature search performance is relatively resistant to age-related decline. However, little is known regarding the neural mechanisms underlying the age-related constancy of feature search. In this experiment, we used a diffusion decision model of reaction time (RT), and event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate age-related differences in response-level processing during visual feature search. Participants were 80 healthy, right-handed, community-dwelling individuals, 19–79 years of age. Analyses of search performance indicated that targets accompanied by response-incompatible distractors were associated with a significant increase in the nondecision-time (t0) model parameter, possibly reflecting the additional time required for response execution. Nondecision time increased significantly with increasing age, but no age-related effects were evident in drift rate, cautiousness (boundary separation, a), or in the specific effects of response compatibility. Nondecision time was also associated with a pattern of activation and deactivation in frontoparietal regions. The relation of age to nondecision time was indirect, mediated by this pattern of frontoparietal activation and deactivation. Response-compatible and -incompatible trials were associated with specific patterns of activation in the medial and superior parietal cortex, and frontal eye field, but these activation effects did not mediate the relation between age and search performance. These findings suggest that, in the context of a highly efficient feature search task, the age-related influence of frontoparietal activation is operative at a relatively general level, which is common to the task conditions, rather than at the response level specifically.
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Mehl N, Morys F, Villringer A, Horstmann A. Unhealthy yet Avoidable-How Cognitive Bias Modification Alters Behavioral and Brain Responses to Food Cues in Individuals with Obesity. Nutrients 2019; 11:E874. [PMID: 31003487 PMCID: PMC6521098 DOI: 10.3390/nu11040874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2019] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Obesity is associated with automatically approaching problematic stimuli, such as unhealthy food. Cognitive bias modification (CBM) could beneficially impact problematic approach behavior. However, it is unclear which mechanisms are targeted by CBM in obesity. Candidate mechanisms include: (1) altering reward value of food stimuli; and (2) strengthening inhibitory abilities. Thirty-three obese adults completed either CBM or sham training during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning. CBM consisted of implicit training to approach healthy and avoid unhealthy foods. At baseline, approach tendencies towards food were present in all participants. Avoiding vs. approaching food was associated with higher activity in the right angular gyrus (rAG). CBM resulted in a diminished approach bias towards unhealthy food, decreased activation in the rAG, and increased activation in the anterior cingulate cortex. Relatedly, functional connectivity between the rAG and right superior frontal gyrus increased. Analysis of brain connectivity during rest revealed training-related connectivity changes of the inferior frontal gyrus and bilateral middle frontal gyri. Taken together, CBM strengthens avoidance tendencies when faced with unhealthy foods and alters activity in brain regions underpinning behavioral inhibition.
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- Nora Mehl
- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- MaxNetAging Research School, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Leipzig University Medical Centre, IFB Adiposity Diseases, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Leipzig University Medical Centre, IFB Adiposity Diseases, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Leipzig University Medical Centre, Collaborative Research Centre 1052-A5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Leipzig University Medical Centre, IFB Adiposity Diseases, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Leipzig University Medical Centre, Collaborative Research Centre 1052-A5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Ficarella SC, Battelli L. Motor Preparation for Action Inhibition: A Review of Single Pulse TMS Studies Using the Go/NoGo Paradigm. Front Psychol 2019; 10:340. [PMID: 30846954 PMCID: PMC6393403 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Human behavior must be flexible to respond to environmental and social demands, and to achieve these goals, it requires control. For instance, inhibitory control is used to refrain from executing unwanted or anticipated responses to environmental stimuli. When inhibitory mechanisms are inefficient due to some pathological conditions, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or pathological gambling, patients show a reduced capability of refraining from executing actions. When planning to execute an action, various inhibitory control mechanisms are activated to prevent the unwanted release of impulses and to ensure that the correct response is produced. A great body of research has used various cognitive tasks to isolate one or more components of inhibitory control (e.g., response selectivity) and to investigate their neuronal underpinnings. However, inter-individual differences in behavior are rarely properly considered, although they often represent a considerable source of noise in the data. In the present review, we will address this issue using the specific case of action inhibition, presenting the results of studies that coupled the so-called Go/NoGo paradigm with non-invasive brain stimulation to directly test the effects of motor inhibition on the excitability of the corticospinal system (CSE). Motor preparation is rarely measured in action inhibition studies, and participants’ compliancy to the task’s requests is often assumed rather than tested. Single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a powerful tool to directly measure CSE, whose responsivity depends on both excitatory and inhibitory processes. However, when motor preparation is not measured and the task design does not require participants to prepare responses in advance, fluctuations in CSE levels can be mistaken for active inhibition. One way to isolate motor preparation is to use a carefully designed task that allows to control for excessive variability in the timing of activation of inhibitory control mechanisms. Here, we review single pulse TMS studies that have used variants of the Go/NoGo task to investigate inhibitory control functions in healthy participants. We will identify the specific strategies that likely induced motor preparation in participants, and their results will be compared to current theories of action inhibition.
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- Stefania C Ficarella
- Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy.,Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems@UniTn, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy.,INSERM U 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems@UniTn, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy.,Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Pas P, Plessis SD, van den Munkhof HE, Gladwin TE, Vink M. Using subjective expectations to model the neural underpinnings of proactive inhibition. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 49:1575-1586. [PMID: 30556927 PMCID: PMC6618303 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Proactive inhibition – the anticipation of having to stop a response – relies on objective information contained in cue‐related contingencies in the environment, as well as on the subjective interpretation derived from these cues. To date, most studies of brain areas underlying proactive inhibition have exclusively considered the objective predictive value of environmental cues, by varying the probability of stop‐signals. However, by only taking into account the effect of different cues on brain activation, the subjective component of how cues affect behavior is ignored. We used a modified stop‐signal response task that includes a measurement for subjective expectation, to investigate the effect of this subjective interpretation. After presenting a cue indicating the probability that a stop‐signal will occur, subjects were asked whether they expected a stop‐signal to occur. Furthermore, response time was used to retrospectively model brain activation related to stop‐expectation. We found more activation during the cue period for 50% stop‐signal probability, when contrasting with 0%, in the mid and inferior frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobe and putamen. When contrasting expected vs. unexpected trials, we found modest effects in the mid frontal gyrus, parietal, and occipital areas. With our third contrast, we modeled brain activation during the cue with trial‐by‐trial variances in response times. This yielded activation in the putamen, inferior parietal lobe, and mid frontal gyrus. Our study is the first to use the behavioral effects of proactive inhibition to identify the underlying brain regions, by employing an unbiased task‐design that temporally separates cue and response.
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- Pascal Pas
- University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Departments of Experimental & Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Morris A, Ravishankar M, Pivetta L, Chowdury A, Falco D, Damoiseaux JS, Rosenberg DR, Bressler SL, Diwadkar VA. Response Hand and Motor Set Differentially Modulate the Connectivity of Brain Pathways During Simple Uni-manual Motor Behavior. Brain Topogr 2018; 31:985-1000. [PMID: 30032347 DOI: 10.1007/s10548-018-0664-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
We investigated the flexible modulation of undirected functional connectivity (uFC) of brain pathways during simple uni-manual responding. Two questions were central to our interests: (1) does response hand (dominant vs. non-dominant) differentially modulate connectivity and (2) are these effects related to responding under varying motor sets. fMRI data were acquired in twenty right-handed volunteers who responded with their right (dominant) or left (non-dominant) hand (blocked across acquisitions). Within acquisitions, the task oscillated between periodic responses (promoting the emergence of motor sets) or randomly induced responses (disrupting the emergence of motor sets). Conjunction analyses revealed eight shared nodes across response hand and condition, time series from which were analyzed. For right hand responses connectivity of the M1 ←→ Thalamus and SMA ←→ Parietal pathways was more significantly modulated during periodic responding. By comparison, for left hand responses, connectivity between five network pairs (including M1 and SMA, insula, basal ganglia, premotor cortex, parietal cortex, thalamus) was more significantly modulated during random responding. uFC analyses were complemented by directed FC based on multivariate autoregressive models of times series from the nodes. These results were complementary and highlighted significant modulation of dFC for SMA → Thalamus, SMA → M1, basal ganglia → Insula and basal ganglia → Thalamus. The results demonstrate complex effects of motor organization and task demand and response hand on different connectivity classes of fMRI data. The brain's sub-networks are flexibly modulated by factors related to motor organization and/or task demand, and our results have implications for assessment of medical conditions associated with motor dysfunction.
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- Alexandra Morris
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Suite 5A, Tolan Park Medical Building, 3901 Chrysler Service Drive, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Suite 5A, Tolan Park Medical Building, 3901 Chrysler Service Drive, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Suite 5A, Tolan Park Medical Building, 3901 Chrysler Service Drive, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Suite 5A, Tolan Park Medical Building, 3901 Chrysler Service Drive, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA.,Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Suite 5A, Tolan Park Medical Building, 3901 Chrysler Service Drive, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Suite 5A, Tolan Park Medical Building, 3901 Chrysler Service Drive, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
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Ikeda T, Hirai M, Sakurada T, Monden Y, Tokuda T, Nagashima M, Shimoizumi H, Dan I, Yamagata T. Atypical neural modulation in the right prefrontal cortex during an inhibitory task with eye gaze in autism spectrum disorder as revealed by functional near-infrared spectroscopy. NEUROPHOTONICS 2018; 5:035008. [PMID: 30211250 PMCID: PMC6123570 DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.5.3.035008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairment in social communication and the presence of restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests. Executive function impairment is reportedly partially responsible for these symptoms. Executive function includes planning, flexibility, and inhibitory control. Although planning and flexibility in ASD have been consistently reported as atypical, the atypicality of inhibitory control remains controversial. As most previous studies have used nonsocial stimuli to investigate inhibitory control in ASD, the effects of socially relevant information on the inhibitory control system in individuals with ASD remain unclear. Therefore, we developed a go/no-go task with gaze stimuli and measured hemodynamic responses in the right prefrontal cortex (PFC), involved in inhibitory processing in both typically developing (TD) children and children with ASD, using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Direct gaze induced commission errors to similar extents in both groups. Contrary to the behavioral responses, neural activation in the right PFC was modulated by gaze direction only in the TD group. These findings suggest that the gaze-processing mechanisms in the prefrontal region may be affected by atypical gaze processing in other brain regions during an inhibitory control task with socially relevant information in ASD.
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- Takahiro Ikeda
- Jichi Medical University, Department of Pediatrics, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Jichi Medical University, Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Shimotsuke, Japan
- University of London, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, London, United Kingdom
- Address all correspondence to: Masahiro Hirai,
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- Jichi Medical University, Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- Jichi Medical University, Department of Pediatrics, Shimotsuke, Japan
- International University of Health and Welfare, Department of Pediatrics, Nasushiobara, Japan
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- Chuo University, Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
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- Jichi Medical University, Department of Pediatrics, Shimotsuke, Japan
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- International University of Health and Welfare Rehabilitation Center, Nasu Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Otawara, Japan
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- Chuo University, Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
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- Jichi Medical University, Department of Pediatrics, Shimotsuke, Japan
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Hung Y, Gaillard SL, Yarmak P, Arsalidou M. Dissociations of cognitive inhibition, response inhibition, and emotional interference: Voxelwise ALE meta-analyses of fMRI studies. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:4065-4082. [PMID: 29923271 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Inhibitory control is the stopping of a mental process with or without intention, conceptualized as mental suppression of competing information because of limited cognitive capacity. Inhibitory control dysfunction is a core characteristic of many major psychiatric disorders. Inhibition is generally thought to involve the prefrontal cortex; however, a single inhibitory mechanism is insufficient for interpreting the heterogeneous nature of human cognition. It remains unclear whether different dimensions of inhibitory processes-specifically cognitive inhibition, response inhibition, and emotional interference-rely on dissociated neural systems. We conducted systematic meta-analyses of fMRI studies in the BrainMap database supplemented by PubMed using whole-brain activation likelihood estimation. A total of 66 study experiments including 1,447 participants and 987 foci revealed that while the left anterior insula was concordant in all inhibitory dimensions, cognitive inhibition reliably activated specific dorsal frontal inhibitory system, engaging dorsal anterior cingulate, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and parietal areas, whereas emotional interference reliably implicated a ventral inhibitory system, involving the ventral surface of the inferior frontal gyrus and the amygdala. Response inhibition showed concordant clusters in the fronto-striatal system, including the dorsal anterior cingulate region and extended supplementary motor areas, the dorsal and ventral lateral prefrontal cortex, basal ganglia, midbrain regions, and parietal regions. We provide an empirically derived dimensional model of inhibition characterizing neural systems underlying different aspects of inhibitory mechanisms. This study offers a fundamental framework to advance current understanding of inhibition and provides new insights for future clinical research into disorders with different types of inhibition-related dysfunctions.
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- Yuwen Hung
- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139
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- Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation.,Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Talanow T, Ettinger U. Effects of task repetition but no transfer of inhibitory control training in healthy adults. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2018; 187:37-53. [PMID: 29772392 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Executive functions (EFs) comprise the updating, shifting and inhibition dimensions. According to the Unity and Diversity Model, the inhibition dimension is fully accounted for by a general EFs factor. This suggests that training of inhibition should transfer, in part, to updating and shifting. Therefore, we tested the effectiveness of a three-week inhibition training (high-conflict Stroop task) and explored near transfer effects to an untrained inhibition task (antisaccade task) and far transfer effects to untrained tasks demanding task-set shifting (number-letter-task), working memory updating (n-back task) and planning abilities (Stockings of Cambridge task). We employed a randomized pretest/treatment/posttest study design in n = 102 healthy young adults, assigned to an intensive Stroop training (n = 38), an active control condition (n = 34) or no training intervention (n = 30). In the Stroop training group, Stroop performance improved with practice, while performance in the active control group remained unchanged. The Stroop training group showed improvements in overall Stroop task performance from pretest to posttest, but we observed neither near nor far transfer effects. Additionally, specifically stronger gains on incongruent Stroop trials compared to congruent trials were observed in the Stroop training group when color bar trials were excluded from the pretest-posttest-analysis. Generally, there were substantial improvements from pretest to posttest independent of training condition in all transfer tasks. In sum, our data do not support the existence of transfer effects from inhibition training in healthy young adults.
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Brooks SJ, Lochner C, Shoptaw S, Stein DJ. Using the research domain criteria (RDoC) to conceptualize impulsivity and compulsivity in relation to addiction. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2017; 235:177-218. [PMID: 29054288 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nomenclature for mental disorder was updated in 2013 with the publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5). In DSM-5, substance use disorders are framed as more dimensional. First, the distinction between abuse and dependence is replaced by substance use. Second, the addictions section now covers both substances and behavioral addictions. This contemporary move toward dimensionality and transdiagnosis in the addictions and other disorders embrace accumulating cognitive-affective neurobiological evidence that is reflected in the United States' National Institutes of Health Research Domain Criteria (NIH RDoC). The RDoC calls for the further development of transdiagnostic approaches to psychopathy and includes five domains to improve research. Additionally, the RDoC suggests that these domains can be measured in terms of specific units of analysis. In line with these suggestions, recent publications have stimulated updated neurobiological conceptualizations of two transdiagnostic concepts, namely impulsivity and compulsivity and their interactions that are applicable to addictive disorders. However, there has not yet been a review to examine the constructs of impulsivity and compulsivity in relation to addiction in light of the research-oriented RDoC. By doing so it may become clearer as to whether impulsivity and compulsivity function antagonistically, complementarily or in some other way at the behavioral, cognitive, and neural level and how this relationship underpins addiction. Thus, here we consider research into impulsivity and compulsivity in light of the transdiagnostic RDoC to help better understand these concepts and their application to evidence-based clinical intervention for addiction.
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- Samantha J Brooks
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- US/UCT MRC Unit on Anxiety & Stress Disorders, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- US/UCT MRC Unit on Anxiety & Stress Disorders, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Criaud M, Longcamp M, Anton JL, Nazarian B, Roth M, Sescousse G, Strafella AP, Ballanger B, Boulinguez P. Testing the physiological plausibility of conflicting psychological models of response inhibition: A forward inference fMRI study. Behav Brain Res 2017. [PMID: 28647596 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The neural mechanisms underlying response inhibition and related disorders are unclear and controversial for several reasons. First, it is a major challenge to assess the psychological bases of behaviour, and ultimately brain-behaviour relationships, of a function which is precisely intended to suppress overt measurable behaviours. Second, response inhibition is difficult to disentangle from other parallel processes involved in more general aspects of cognitive control. Consequently, different psychological and anatomo-functional models coexist, which often appear in conflict with each other even though they are not necessarily mutually exclusive. The standard model of response inhibition in go/no-go tasks assumes that inhibitory processes are reactively and selectively triggered by the stimulus that participants must refrain from reacting to. Recent alternative models suggest that action restraint could instead rely on reactive but non-selective mechanisms (all automatic responses are automatically inhibited in uncertain contexts) or on proactive and non-selective mechanisms (a gating function by which reaction to any stimulus is prevented in anticipation of stimulation when the situation is unpredictable). Here, we assessed the physiological plausibility of these different models by testing their respective predictions regarding event-related BOLD modulations (forward inference using fMRI). We set up a single fMRI design which allowed for us to record simultaneously the different possible forms of inhibition while limiting confounds between response inhibition and parallel cognitive processes. We found BOLD dynamics consistent with non-selective models. These results provide new theoretical and methodological lines of inquiry for the study of basic functions involved in behavioural control and related disorders.
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- Marion Criaud
- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; INSERM, U1028, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Lyon, F-69000, France; CNRS, UMR5292, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Lyon, F-69000, France; Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive, Bron, France; Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorder Unit & E.J. Safra Parkinson Disease Program, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Research Imaging Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Brain, Imaging and Behaviour - Systems Neuroscience, Toronto Western Research Institute, UHN, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives, CNRS UMR 7291 & Aix-Marseille Université, France
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- Centre IRMf de Marseille, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, CNRS UMR7289 & Aix- Marseille Université, France
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- Centre IRMf de Marseille, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, CNRS UMR7289 & Aix- Marseille Université, France
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- Centre IRMf de Marseille, Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, CNRS UMR7289 & Aix- Marseille Université, France
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorder Unit & E.J. Safra Parkinson Disease Program, Toronto Western Hospital, UHN, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Research Imaging Centre, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Brain, Imaging and Behaviour - Systems Neuroscience, Toronto Western Research Institute, UHN, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- INSERM, U1028, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Lyon, F-69000, France; CNRS, UMR5292, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Lyon, F-69000, France; Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive, Bron, France
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- Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France; Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France; INSERM, U1028, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Lyon, F-69000, France; CNRS, UMR5292, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Lyon, F-69000, France; Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive, Bron, France.
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