Theta burst stimulation dissociates attention and action updating in human inferior frontal cortex

Verbruggen, Frederick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-0719, Aron, Adam R., Stevens, Michael A. and Chambers, Christopher D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-4114 2010. Theta burst stimulation dissociates attention and action updating in human inferior frontal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (31) , pp. 13966-13971. 10.1073/pnas.1001957107

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Abstract

Everyday circumstances require efficient updating of behavior. Brain systems in the right inferior frontal cortex have been identified as critical for some aspects of behavioral updating, such as stopping actions. However, the precise role of these neural systems is controversial. Here we examined how the inferior frontal cortex updates behavior by combining reversible cortical interference (transcranial magnetic stimulation) with an experimental task that measures different types of updating. We found that the right inferior frontal cortex can be functionally segregated into two subregions: a dorsal region, which is critical for visual detection of changes in the environment, and a ventral region, which updates the corresponding action plan. This dissociation reconciles competing accounts of prefrontal organization and casts light on the neural architecture of human cognitive control.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cognitive control; dual-tasking; inhibition; prefrontal cortex; transcranial magnetic stimulation
Publisher:	National Academy of Sciences
ISSN:	0027-8424
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 12:53
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/11509

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