The role of the inferior frontal junction area in cognitive control.
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Cognitive control processes refer to our ability to coordinate thoughts and actions in accordance with internal goals. In the fronto-lateral cortex such processes have been primarily related to mid-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (mid-DLPFC). However, recent brain-imaging and meta-analytic studies suggest that a region located more posterior in the fronto-lateral cortex plays a pivotal role in cognitive control as well. This region has been termed the inferior frontal junction area and can be functionally and structurally distinguished from mid-DLPFC.
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Work by Marcel Brass and colleagues has offered a suggestion about how two apparently independent systems, both of which process representations of both self and other, may interact to create an experience of not-me and therefore me.
“Recently the work of Marcel Brass and colleagues has offered a suggestion about how these two apparently independent systems, both of which process representations of both self and other, may interact to create an experience of not-me and therefore me”
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Neuroimaging studies indicate that the neural regions most often recruited in the inhibition of imitative behavior are the anterior frontomedial cortex and the temporoparietal junction area, which are cortical areas also related to mentalizing, self-referential processing, and self-agency.
“Neuroimaging studies indicate that the neural regions that are most often recruited in the inhibition of imitative behavior are the anterior frontomedial cortex (aFMC) and the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) area (Brass et al., 2005), which are cortical areas that are also related to mentalizing, self-referential processing, and self-agency.”
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The inhibition of imitative behavior involves cortical areas that are also related to mentalizing, self-referential processing, and determining self-agency.
“Thus, it appears that the inhibition of imitative behavior involves cortical areas that are also related to mentalizing, selfreferential processing, and determining selfagency.”
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In contrast to earlier observations, here we identified two new areas instead of one, which had been hypothesized on the basis of functional imaging experiments.
“In contrast to earlier observations, however, here we identified two new areas instead of one, which had been hypothesized on the basis of functional imaging experiments, for example during task switching [56],[58].”
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- Authors
- BRASS, M., DERRFUSS, J., FORSTMANN, B., & CRAMON, D.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- Corresponding author
- BRASS, M
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-07
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 314-316
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2062329200
- Cited by
- 437
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- 26
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- FWCI
- 11.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- 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
- inferior frontal junction, cognitive control, executive function, goal-directed behavior
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Humans, Functional Laterality, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time, Prefrontal Cortex
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