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Inhibitory control in mind and brain: An interactive race model of countermanding saccades.
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The stop-signal task has been used to study normal cognitive control and clinical dysfunction. Its utility is derived from a race model that accounts for performance and provides an estimate of the time it takes to stop a movement. This model posits a race between go and stop processes with stochastically independent finish times. However, neurophysiological studies demonstrate that the neural correlates of the go and stop processes produce movements through a network of interacting neurons. The juxtaposition of the computational model with the neural data exposes a paradox-how can a network of interacting units produce behavior that appears to be the outcome of an independent race? The authors report how a simple, competitive network can solve this paradox and provide an account of what is measured by stop-signal reaction time.
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“Boucher et al. [64] proposed an interactive race model, in which the go and stop process are independent for much of their latencies and interact strongly near the end (Figure III).”
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“In this model, SSRT primarily reflects the period before the stop unit is activated, during which stop and go processing are independent, so its predictions correspond to those of the independent race model [64].”
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“In situations when there is a conflict, for instance when the subject has to inhibit a planned saccade by a stop signal introduced with a short delay after the target onset, the behavior becomes probabilistic (the saccade is suppressed on some trials, but not on other trials) (Logan and Cowan, 1984; Boucher et al., 2007).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Boucher, L., Palmeri, T. J., Logan, G. D., & Schall, J. D.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 2007
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 376-397
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- OpenAlex
- W2150380514
- Cited by
- 485
- References
- 165
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- FWCI
- 13.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- E. Bronson Ingram Chair
- National Science Foundation (BCS0218507; BCS0446806)
- National Institutes of Health (F32-EY016679; RO1-MH55806; RO1-EY13358; P30-EY08126; P30-HD015052)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Keywords
- inhibitory control, cognitive control, stop-signal task, race model, stop-signal reaction time, competitive neural networks, interacting neurons
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Cognition, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Saccades, Stochastic Processes, Signal Detection, Psychological
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