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Conflict monitoring and cognitive control

Abstract

A neglected question regarding cognitive control is how control processes might detect situations calling for their involvement. The authors propose here that the demand for control may be evaluated in part by monitoring for conflicts in information processing. This hypothesis is supported by data concerning the anterior cingulate cortex, a brain area involved in cognitive control, which also appears to respond to the occurrence of conflict. The present article reports two computational modeling studies, serving to articulate the conflict monitoring hypothesis and examine its implications. The first study tests the sufficiency of the hypothesis to account for brain activation data, applying a measure of conflict to existing models of tasks shown to engage the anterior cingulate. The second study implements a feedback loop connecting conflict monitoring to cognitive control, using this to simulate a number of important behavioral phenomena.

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Authors
Botvinick, M. M., Braver, T. S., Barch, D. M., Carter, C. S., & Cohen, J. D.
Affiliations
  • Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Psychological Review
Published
2001
Volume
108
Issue
3
Pages
624-652
ISSN
  • 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1471
OpenAlex
W2000998192
Cited by
7,351
References
164
Citations by year
2026: 290 · 2025: 293 · 2024: 302 · 2023: 355 · 2022: 355 · 2021: 333 · 2020: 421 · 2019: 374 · 2018: 392 · 2017: 344 · 2016: 367 · 2015: 430 · 2014: 413 · 2013: 393 · 2012: 374
FWCI
39.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5k08mh001306-03)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH16804, MH01306, T32MH016804)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
conflict monitoring, cognitive control, anterior cingulate cortex, computational modeling, conflict detection, feedback loops, brain activation, Stroop task, Simon task
MeSH terms
Cognition, Computer Simulation, Conflict, Psychological, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Models, Psychological, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Science

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