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The inhibition of imitative and overlearned responses: a functional double dissociation

Brass, Marcel, Derrfuss, Jan, von Cramon, D. Yves·2005·Neuropsychologia
DOI 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.06.018
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Neuropsychological research has established that the inhibition of dominant response tendencies is a function of the prefrontal cortex. These inhibitory mechanisms are tested using tasks like the Stroop task, in which the prepotency of the dominant response is based on a learned relationship of stimulus and response. However, it has also been reported that patients with prefrontal lesions may have problems inhibiting imitative responses. The question arises of whether the inhibition of overlearned and imitative responses entails the same or different functional mechanisms and cortical networks. In a recent neuropsychological study with prefrontal patients we found first evidence for such a dissociation. The present fMRI study further investigated this question by directly comparing brain activity in the inhibition of overlearned and imitative response tendencies. It emerges that response inhibition in the two tasks involves different neural networks. While the inhibition of overlearned responses requires a fronto-parietal network involved in interference control and task management, the inhibition of imitative responses involves cortical areas that are required to distinguish between self-generated and externally triggered motor representations. The only frontal brain area that showed an overlap was located in the right inferior frontal gyrus and is probably related to the generation of the stop signal.

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  • Susceptibility and resistance to automatic imitation depend on inhibitory mechanisms that distinguish one's own actions from observed actions.

    “Brass and colleagues have argued that susceptibility and resistance to automatic imitation depend on inhibitory mechanisms that allow one's own actions to be distinguished from the observed actions of others (Brass, Derrfuss & Cramon 2005).”

    From Social attitudes modulate automatic imitation (2010) · cites this paper as Brass, Derrfuss & Cramon 2005

  • The mechanisms that inhibit imitation are considered at least partly separate from general inhibitory control.

    “Imitation-inhibition and general inhibition processes are thus thought to be at least partially distinct.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]”

    From Enhanced Automatic Action Imitation and Intact Imitation-Inhibition in Schizophrenia (2019) · cites this paper as [38]

  • The direct matching hypothesis suggests imitation as a prepotent response tendency.

    “As such, the direct matching hypothesis between perception of an action and the activation of its internal motor representation (Iacoboni et al., 1999) suggests imitation as a prepotent response tendency (Brass et al., 2005).”

    From Interplay of self-other distinction and cognitive control mechanisms in a social automatic imitation task: An ERP study (2021) · cites this paper as Brass et al., 2005

  • The temporoparietal junction may play a crucial role in self-other distinction processes.

    “It has been suggested that the TPJ may play a crucial role in SOD processes (Brass et al., 2005(Brass et al., , 2009)).”

    From Interplay of self-other distinction and cognitive control mechanisms in a social automatic imitation task: An ERP study (2021) · cites this paper as Brass et al., 2005

  • Brain imaging studies point to a role of the temporoparietal junction during interference control of overlapping action perception and execution, specifically the inhibition of imitation.

    “This finding is corroborated by brain imaging studies, pointing to a role of the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) during interference control of overlapping action perception and execution, specifically the inhibition of imitation.”

    From Interplay of self-other distinction and cognitive control mechanisms in a social automatic imitation task: An ERP study (2021) · cites this paper as Brass et al., 2005

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Authors
Brass, M., Derrfuss, J., & von Cramon, D. Y.
Affiliations
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (DE)
Corresponding author
Brass, Marcel
ORCID
Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-01
Volume
43
Issue
1
Pages
89-98
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2004.06.018
OpenAlex
W2153396153
Cited by
274
References
56
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FWCI
4.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
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  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
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  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
Keywords
response inhibition, prefrontal cortex, double dissociation, frontoparietal network, interference control, inferior frontal gyrus, stop signal, prefrontal lesions, Stroop task
MeSH terms
Adult, Cerebral Cortex, Color Perception, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Female, Humans, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Neuropsychological Tests, Overlearning, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time, Prefrontal Cortex

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