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Large-scale functional neural network correlates of response inhibition: an fMRI meta-analysis

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Zhang, Ruibin, Geng, Xiujuan, Lee, Tatia M. C.·2017·Brain Structure and Function

Abstract

An influential hypothesis from the last decade proposed that regions within the right inferior frontal cortex of the human brain were dedicated to supporting response inhibition. There is growing evidence, however, to support an alternative model, which proposes that neural areas associated with specific inhibitory control tasks co-exist as common network mechanisms, supporting diverse cognitive processes. This meta-analysis of 225 studies comprising 323 experiments examined the common and distinct neural correlates of cognitive processes for response inhibition, namely interference resolution, action withholding, and action cancellation. Activation coordinates for each subcategory were extracted using multilevel kernel density analysis (MKDA). The extracted activity patterns were then mapped onto the brain functional network atlas to derive the common (i.e., process-general) and distinct (i.e., domain-oriented) neural network correlates of these processes. Independent of the task types, activation of the right hemispheric regions (inferior frontal gyrus, insula, median cingulate, and paracingulate gyri) and superior parietal gyrus was common across the cognitive processes studied. Mapping the activation patterns to a brain functional network atlas revealed that the fronto-parietal and ventral attention networks were the core neural systems that were commonly engaged in different processes of response inhibition. Subtraction analyses elucidated the distinct neural substrates of interference resolution, action withholding, and action cancellation, revealing stronger activation in the ventral attention network for interference resolution than action inhibition. On the other hand, action withholding/cancellation primarily engaged the fronto-striatal circuit. Overall, our results suggest that response inhibition is a multidimensional cognitive process involving multiple neural regions and networks for coordinating optimal performance. This finding has significant implications for the understanding and assessment of response inhibition.

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This meta-analysis of 225 fMRI studies (323 experiments) finds that response inhibition commonly engages right inferior frontal gyrus/insula, median cingulate/paracingulate gyri, and superior parietal gyrus, with fronto-parietal and ventral attention networks as core systems. Interference resolution, action withholding, and action cancellation share these networks but show distinct recruitment patterns, including stronger ventral attention network engagement for interference resolution and fronto-striatal involvement for action withholding/cancellation.

Key findings

  • Across all 225 studies/323 experiments/3453 foci, significant right-hemisphere clusters included frontal cortex, angular gyrus, and supplementary motor area; activated areas were primarily distributed in the fronto-parietal network (36%), ventral attention network (27%), dorsal attention network (18%), and default mode network (13%).
  • Common across the three subcategories were the right inferior frontal gyrus extending to insula, right median cingulate and paracingulate gyri, and right superior parietal gyrus; the common network distribution was ventral attention network (61%), fronto-parietal network (26%), default mode network (8%), and dorsal attention network (4%).
  • Subcategory network distributions were: interference resolution — ventral attention network (45%), dorsal attention network (27%), fronto-parietal network (20%); action withholding — fronto-parietal network (39%), ventral attention network (28%), default mode network (15%), dorsal attention network (14%); action cancellation — ventral attention network (38%), fronto-parietal network (35%), default mode network (16%), dorsal attention network (8%).
  • Subtraction/chi-square analyses showed interference resolution vs. action withholding differed significantly (χ² = 19.93, df = 6, p = 0.003) and interference resolution vs. action cancellation differed significantly (χ² = 22.37, df = 6, p = 0.001); interference resolution showed stronger ventral attention network activation than action inhibition, while action withholding/cancellation primarily engaged the fronto-striatal circuit.

Methods

  • Literature search used PubMed, Web of Science, and BrainMap; 4092 reports were screened and 225 full articles were included. Experiments were categorized as interference resolution (50 articles, 68 experiments, 817 foci), action withholding (117 articles, 147 contrasts, 1932 foci), and action cancellation (73 articles, 108 experiments, 1523 foci).
  • Activation coordinates were analyzed with multilevel kernel density analysis (MKDA) using a 5-mm spherical kernel, sample-size-weighted density maps, and Monte Carlo family-wise error correction (p < 0.05, FWE corrected across the entire brain); non-MNI coordinates were transformed using the Lancaster transformation.
  • Significant voxels were overlaid onto seven functional networks (fronto-parietal, dorsal attention, ventral attention, somatomotor, visual, affective, default mode); chi-square tests and subtraction analyses compared subcategories, with validation via leave-one-out cross-validation and random selection of 68 contrasts.

Limitations

  • The paper states that synthesizing different interference-resolution tasks (Stroop, Simon, Flanker, etc.) increases heterogeneity of paradigms and designs, although leave-one-out cross-validation showed highly replicable network distribution profiles; future meta-analyses with common stimulus–response incompatibility tasks are needed.
  • The paper states that simple and complex Go/NoGo tasks may not be perfectly matched across included studies; the text reports high vs. low NoGo frequency comparisons as not significantly different, but the validation table shows the high-frequency NoGo-only contrast differed significantly (χ² = 43.52, df = 6, p < 0.01).
  • The paper states that stop signal tasks may draw more on proactive than reactive control; a supplementary chi-square test found no significant difference between all contrasts and Stop–Go-only contrasts, but heterogeneity of action cancellation tasks remains a concern. Evident from the text: coordinate-based MKDA synthesizes published peak coordinates, so it cannot test individual-level or causal network dynamics.

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    Cluster activations in the frontal cortex included the insula, inferior frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus, and superior frontal gyrus.

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    The all-inclusive analysis of the 225 studies showed significant activations of three large clusters in the right hemisphere: the frontal cortex, the angular gyrus, and the supplementary motor area.

    “The all-inclusive analysis of the 225 studies showed significant activations of three large clusters in the right hemisphere: the frontal cortex, the angular gyrus, and the supplementary motor area (Fig. 3a and Table S3 in Supplementary Materials).”
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    Several areas in the left hemisphere, including the insula, putamen, and middle frontal gyrus, were consistently activated across all response inhibition tasks.

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    Interference resolution activated the left supplementary motor area.

    “The regions activated by interference resolution were located in a subset of the previously mentioned clusters (Fig. 3b), including the left supplementary motor area, the left inferior parietal lobule, the left precentral gyrus, the right insula, the right middle frontal gyrus, and bilateral inferior frontal gyri.”
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    Activation of the supplementary motor area extended to the middle frontal gyrus.

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    Action withholding activations were distributed in the fronto-parietal network (39%), ventral attention network (28%), dorsal attention network (14%), and default mode network (15%).

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    The activation distribution during action cancellation included the fronto-parietal network (35%), ventral attention network (38%), default mode network (16%), and dorsal attention network (8%).

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    Interference resolution was found to draw on the ventral attention network, while the fronto-parietal network was implicated in action withholding/cancellation.

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    Across all 225 studies with 323 experiments, areas in the dorsal lateral frontal cortex, pre-supplementary motor area, and temporal parietal junction were consistently activated during all response inhibition tasks, with activation mainly distributed in the fronto-parietal network.

    “In this study, we found that across all 225 studies with 323 experiments, areas in the dorsal lateral frontal cortex, pre-supplementary motor area, and temporal parietal junction were consistently activated during all response inhibition tasks (Fig. 3a), i.e., activation was mainly distributed in the fronto-parietal network.”
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    Interference resolution was related to greater activation in the ventral and dorsal attention networks and involved the left supplementary area, left precentral gyrus, and left superior parietal gyrus.

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    Findingreasoning

    Interference resolution clusters were located at the ventral attention network (45%), dorsal attention network (27%), and fronto-parietal network (20%).

    “Based on the reported characterizations of functional neural networks, these clusters appeared to be located at the ventral attention network (45%), the dorsal attention network (27%), and the fronto-parietal network (20%) (Table 1; Fig. 4b).”
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    Findingown data

    During action cancellation, significant activation (p < 0.05, FWE corrected across the entire brain) was observed in bilateral insula extending to basal ganglia and inferior frontal gyrus, right supplementary motor area extending to median cingulate and paracingulate gyri, bilateral superior temporal gyri, and right inferior parietal lobule.

    “The activated regions included the bilateral insula cortex, which extended to the basal ganglia (e.g., caudate and putamen) and inferior frontal gyrus; the right supplementary motor area, which extended to the median cingulate and paracingulate gyri; the bilateral superior temporal gyri; and the right inferior parietal lobule (Table 3; Fig. 3d).”
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    Subtraction analyses revealed distinct neural substrates for interference resolution, action withholding, and action cancellation, indicating that some specific neural correlates are involved in different categories of response inhibition tasks.

    “Meanwhile, subtraction analyses suggested that some specific neural correlates are involved in different categories of response inhibition tasks”
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    Response inhibition is correlated with the connections between the cingulo-opercular network (salience network) and fronto-parietal network.

    “Indeed, studies have suggested that response inhibition is correlated with the connections between the cingulo-opercular network (salience network) and fronto-parietal network, and that default mode network activity might be actively downregulated by an inhibitory module within the fronto-parietal network (Leech et al. 2011).”
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    Unique neural networks for the three subcategories of processes underpinning response inhibition have been suggested.

    “Nonetheless, unique neural networks for the three subcategories of processes underpinning response inhibition have also been suggested (Rubia et al. 2001; Sebastian et al. 2013b; Chevrier et al. 2007; van Velzen et al. 2014; Sebastian et al. 2013a).”
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    Dysfunctional response inhibition is a core symptom observed in various mental disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, and depression, as well as learning difficulties and behavioral problems.

    “Dysfunctional response inhibition is a core symptom observed in various mental disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (Schachar et al. 2007), schizophrenia (Vercammen et al. 2012), and depression (Palazidou 2012), as well as learning difficulties (Eickhoff et al. 2009) and behavioral problems (Liu et al. 2012).”
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    Study design and conductown data

    Random selections of 68 contrasts from action withholding and action cancellation were performed to test the effect of the experiment numbers, and the MKDA analysis was repeated using the same settings.

    “Random selections of 68 contrasts from action withholding and action cancellation were performed to test the effect of the experiment numbers. We repeated the MKDA analysis using the same settings, and Chi-square analyses were performed to compare the activated voxels in the seven network correlates to those of our main analyses and the random selected studies.”
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    Paradigms such as the Stroop, Flanker, Simon, stimulus response compatibility (SRC), antisaccade, stop signal, and Go/NoGo tasks are commonly regarded as involving inhibitory action control and are commonly used to investigate response inhibition mechanisms.

    “Paradigms such as the stroop, Flanker, Simon, stimulus response compatibility (SRC), antisaccade tasks, stop signal, and Go/NoGo tasks, which require a response to a target stimulus among irrelevant/distracting stimuli, are commonly regarded as paradigms that involve inhibitory action control (Nigg 2000) and are commonly used for the investigation of response inhibition mechanisms (Nee et al. 2007”
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    The reported meta-analytic results represent consistently activated regions across studies: regions in which significant activations were observed in the local neighborhood by more studies than would be expected by chance (p < 0.05, FWE corrected across the entire brain).

    “Thus, the reported meta-analytic results in this study represent consistently activated regions across studies: regions in which significant activations were observed in the local neighborhood by more studies than would be expected by chance (p < 0.05, FWE corrected across the entire brain).”
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    The family wise error rate was estimated with a Monte Carlo simulation to correct for multiple comparisons, with a null hypothesis that activated regions are randomly distributed throughout the brain.

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    The Simon task (interference resolution) stimulates pre-motor and parietal regions to a greater extent than action cancellation (stop signals).

    “For example, the Simon task (interference resolution) was found to stimulate the pre-motor and parietal regions to a greater extent than action cancellation (stop signals), whereas action cancellation was found to elicit stronger activation in the bilateral posterior inferior frontal gyrus/insula and the right striatum than action withholding (Go/NoGo) (Sebastian et al. 2013b).”
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    The same statistical analyses and thresholding approaches were applied for all meta-analyses in this study.

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    The stop signal task is conceptualized as an action cancellation task.

    “We classified stop signal tasks as those that trigger action cancellation (Aron et al. 2004; Schachar et al. 2007).”
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    Action cancellation elicits stronger activation in the bilateral posterior inferior frontal gyrus/insula and the right striatum than action withholding (Go/NoGo).

    “For example, the Simon task (interference resolution) was found to stimulate the pre-motor and parietal regions to a greater extent than action cancellation (stop signals), whereas action cancellation was found to elicit stronger activation in the bilateral posterior inferior frontal gyrus/insula and the right striatum than action withholding (Go/NoGo) (Sebastian et al. 2013b).”
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    Default mode network activity might be actively downregulated by an inhibitory module within the fronto-parietal network.

    “Indeed, studies have suggested that response inhibition is correlated with the connections between the cingulo-opercular network (salience network) and fronto-parietal network, and that default mode network activity might be actively downregulated by an inhibitory module within the fronto-parietal network (Leech et al. 2011).”
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    Pre-SMA is associated with monitoring and selecting appropriate motor response output, and the superior parietal gyrus has an essential role in re-directing attention by promoting attention allocation to nonspatial properties of stimuli.

    “Pre-SMA is associated with monitoring and selecting appropriate motor response output (Nachev et al. 2008; Iannaccone et al. 2015) and the superior parietal gyrus has an essential role in re-directing attention by promoting attention allocation to nonspatial properties of stimuli (Mevorach et al. 2009; Wang et al. 2015).”
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    When performing response inhibition tasks, individuals need to maintain task requirements across trials and goal-corresponding action inhibition through engagement of the right IFG.

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    The activation differences observed between action withholding and action cancellation suggest that these two processes may interact at different times within the action generation or action inhibition process, thus jointly influencing motor response inhibition.

    “The activation differences observed between these two processes suggest that action withholding and cancellation may interact at different times within the action generation or action inhibition process, thus jointly influencing motor response inhibition (Sebastian et al. 2013a; Dambacher et al. 2014; Cieslik et al. 2015).”
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    Action withholding encompasses future action selection and inhibition, whereas action cancellation goes beyond this to demand inhibition of an ongoing response.

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    The right insula is required to overcome preponderant tendencies, notice salient stimuli, and coordinate various control mechanisms during response inhibition tasks.

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    Nee et al. (2013) reported widespread bilateral fronto-parietal network activation during various types of working memory tasks.

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    The right IFG facilitates infrequent action-related events by activating nondominant but relevant responses while inhibiting automatic but irrelevant actions at the same time.

    “The right IFG, besides detecting changes in stimulus features (Sharp et al. 2010; Dodds et al. 2010), facilitates infrequent action-related events by activating nondominant but relevant responses while inhibiting automatic but irrelevant actions at the same time.”
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    The MCG has been implicated in performance monitoring via conflict detection, reallocation of attentional resources according to task-relevant information, and corresponding action formation.

    “Moreover, the MCG has also been implicated in performance monitoring via conflict detection in information processing, reallocation of attentional resources according to task-relevant information, and corresponding action formation (Badzakova-Trajkov et al. 2009).”
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    Similar results were detected when input contrast counts were taken into account, demonstrating that the neural network involved in response inhibition was stable and robust.

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    Lesion studies indicate that stop signal task performance worsens as the size of an inferior frontal gyrus lesion increases, supporting an inhibitory role of the inferior frontal gyrus in resolving conflicts during response execution.

    “Along this line of thought, lesion studies have also indicated that stop signal task performance worsens as the size of an inferior frontal gyrus lesion increases (Aron et al. 2003), which supports an inhibitory role of the inferior frontal gyrus in resolving conflicts during response execution.”
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    By synthesizing semantic and visuospatial analogy tasks, Hobeika et al. (2016) observed domain-oriented regions in the inferior and middle frontal gyri.

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    This process may require enhanced consideration of the objective and engagement of resources for conflict management.

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    Friedman and Miyake (2004) indicated that subjects might experience several different mental processes during response inhibition tasks: maintaining the stimulus, detecting conflicts, overcoming preponderant tendencies, and choosing correct responses.

    “Friedman and Miyake 2004 indicated that subjects might experience several different mental processes during response inhibition tasks: maintaining the stimulus, which requires appropriate response in working memory; detecting conflicts for stimuli inconsistent with the goal; overcoming preponderant tendencies; and choosing correct responses.”
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    The observation of common activation across paradigm classes is in line with previous meta-analytic studies on the topic.

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    The experimental paradigms classified as evoking interference resolution were those that required conflict resolution and inhibition of response tendencies for successful responding.

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    The right anterior insula has been proposed to represent a hub that controls brain activity across different tasks and stimulus modalities to initiate and adjust cognitive control mechanisms.

    “The right anterior insula has been proposed to represent a hub that controls brain activity across different tasks and stimulus modalities to initiate and adjust cognitive control mechanisms (Cai et al. 2014).”
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    Previous research has demonstrated a linear relationship between neural activity of the anterior insula and task performance across three response inhibition tasks (Flanker, Go/NoGo etc.).

    “The previous research has demonstrated a linear relationship between the neural activity of the anterior insula and task performance across three response inhibition tasks (Flanker, Go/NoGo etc.) (Wager et al. 2005), which were included in the current meta-analysis.”
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    Three stages of general information processing exist: stimulus identification, response selection, and response execution (motor stage).

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    Nee et al. (2007) reported that unique neural activity patterns were associated with different response inhibition tasks, but they did not compare these tasks to each other.

    “Moreover, Nee et al. (2007) reported that unique neural activity patterns were associated with different response inhibitions tasks, but they did not compare these tasks to each other.”
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    Previous meta-analyses are limited in that they focus on a single subcategory of response inhibition, include a small sample size, fail to compare subcategories directly, or use a less reliable version of GingerALE.

    “These studies are limited, however, in that they focus on a single subcategory of response inhibition (e.g., action withholding using the Go/NoGo task only in Simmonds et al. 2008), included a small sample size (Criaud and Boulinguez 2013; Simmonds et al. 2008; Buchsbaum et al. 2005), failed to compare subcategories directly (Nee et al. 2007), or used a less reliable version of GingerALE (Eickhoff”
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    The progressive increase of neural activations by interference resolution, action withholding, and action cancellation may imply that response inhibition contains subcomponents that interact in a sequential fashion, with action withholding as an intermediate process within the sequence.

    “Herein, the progressive increase of neural activations by interference resolution, action withholding, and action cancellation may imply that response inhibition may contain subcomponents that interact in a sequential fashion; action withholding is an intermediate process within the sequence of interference resolution, action withholding, and action cancellation (Sebastian et al. 2013a, b).”
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    Interpretationown data

    Response inhibition is not a unidimensional construct but consists of subcategories of cognitive processes that engage common as well as distinct neural correlates and networks.

    “Instead, response inhibition could be a multidimensional construct consisting of multiple subcategories of cognitive processes, which recruit both common and distinct neural correlates, and hence neural networks.”
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      “Overall, our results suggest that response inhibition is not a unidimensional construct but consists of subcategories of cognitive processes that engage common as well as distinct neural correlates and networks.”
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    Response inhibition is one core component of cognitive control, and its neural correlates may co-exist with other components of cognitive control.

    “This suggests that response inhibition is one core component of cognitive control, and its neural correlates may also co-exist with other components of cognitive control (Duncan 2010).”
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    In a neurophysiological experiment, striatal activity was recorded while monkeys performed a Go/NoGo task; the authors found that the striatum could be important for preparing to stop a response and then implementing inhibitory control over a sustained period.

    “In a neurophysiological experiment, striatal activity was recorded, while monkeys were performing a Go/NoGo task. The authors found that the striatum could be important for preparing to stop a response (under working memory) and then implementing inhibitory control over a sustained period (Apicella et al. 1992).”
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    It has been suggested that the replicability of meta-analyses including less than 30 studies is limited, and the conclusions drawn may therefore be questionable.

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    Precise knowledge of the distinct profiles of response inhibition subcomponents will advance diagnostic accuracy.

    “Similar studies have begun to emerge (Johnstone et al. 2009), and precise knowledge of the distinct profiles of response inhibition subcomponents will advance diagnostic accuracy.”
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    The meta-analysis included studies adopting a mixture of inhibitory control tasks (Stroop, Simon, and Flanker), with the consequence of increased heterogeneity of study paradigm and designs.

    “Our meta-analysis included studies adopting a mixture of inhibitory control tasks, such as the Stroop, Simon, and Flanker tasks, with the consequence of increased heterogeneity of study paradigm and designs.”
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    Enhanced performance in one or two response inhibition tasks may improve the efficiency of the right inferior frontal gyrus-based inhibition process and produce long-term benefits that affect regulation across multiple response inhibition contexts.

    “However, enhanced performance in one or two response inhibition tasks may improve the efficiency of the right inferior frontal gyrus-based inhibition process and produce long-term benefits that affect regulation across multiple response inhibition contexts.”
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    Both action withholding and action cancellation are impaired in ADHD individuals.

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    In methamphetamine abusers, a specific deficit in inhibiting proponent motor responses during the stop signal task and cognitive inhibition in the Stroop task was observed.

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    The majority of previous studies on response inhibition have either explored only a single response inhibition task in small samples with limited statistical power or were challenging to compare because they employed various different stimuli, hindering complete conclusions.

    “Although the above findings provide important preliminary evidence of the potential common and distinct neural underpinnings of different response inhibition tasks, the majority of studies have either explored only a single response inhibition task in small samples with limited statistical power or were challenging to compare, because they employed various different stimuli (e.g., visual, auditory”
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    Response inhibition tasks all require the suppression of an inappropriate action and the concurrent initiation and execution of a context-appropriate alternative.

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    The three subcategories of response inhibition (interference resolution, action withholding, action cancellation) are valid and distinct categories for classifying the included paradigms.

    “the three subcategories of processes associated with response inhibition”
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  • Reported total foci do not equal the three category totals

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    The reported category counts are 817 foci for interference resolution, 1932 for action withholding, and 1523 for action cancellation. They sum to 4272, not the stated all-inclusive total of 3453 foci.

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  • Caudate activation is assigned to opposite hemispheres

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    The results text identifies a right caudate difference favoring action withholding, while the corresponding action-withholding-greater-than-cancellation row in Table 4 identifies the caudate as left-sided.

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Authors
Zhang, R., Geng, X., & Lee, T. M. C.
Affiliations
University of Hong Kong (HK)
Corresponding author
Lee, Tatia M. C.
Venue
Brain Structure and Function
Published
2017-05-27
Volume
222
Issue
9
Pages
3973-3990
ISSN
  • 1863-2653 (ISSN-L)
  • 1863-2661
OpenAlex
W2620553762
Cited by
398
References
89
Citations by year
2026: 26 · 2025: 63 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 1
FWCI
12.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Brain Structure and Function (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
This project is supported by The University of Hong Kong May Endowed Professorship in Neuropsychology. (NA)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Keywords
response inhibition, inhibitory control, interference resolution, action cancellation, right inferior frontal cortex, ventral attention network, frontoparietal network, frontostriatal circuits, right hemisphere activation, insula, paracingulate gyrus, superior parietal gyrus
MeSH terms
Brain Mapping, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Inhibition, Psychological, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neural Pathways, Oxygen

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