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Selecting Among Competing Alternatives: Selection and Retrieval in the Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus

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Moss, H.E., Abdallah, S., Fletcher, P., Bright, P., Pilgrim, L., Acres, K., Tyler, L.K.·2005·Cerebral Cortex
DOI 10.1093/cercor/bhi049PMC PMC3838943
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It has been widely argued that the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) is involved in the control of retrieval of information from long-term memory. Recent claims that the LIFG is involved in selecting among semantic alternatives have been challenged on the grounds that the manipulation of selection demands may have been confounded with controlled retrieval. The current study used an event-related functional magnetic resonance paradigm to re-examine the possibility that LIFG activation is involved in selection processes. In order to minimize potential confounding effects of controlled retrieval, we used an automatic retrieval task (picture naming) and held retrieval demands constant, while varying selection demands by way of competitor priming from earlier semantically related trials. We found significant activation in LIFG as a function of increased selection demands; activation centred on two peaks, one in anterior LIFG and a second more superior and posterior region. These data support the view that LIFG plays a role in selection among semantic information, even in the absence of controlled retrieval processes.

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Authors
Moss, H. E., Abdallah, S., Fletcher, P., Bright, P., Pilgrim, L., Acres, K., & Tyler, L. K.
Affiliations
University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Moss, H.E.
ORCID
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2005-02-23
Volume
15
Issue
11
Pages
1723-1735
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
DOI
10.1093/cercor/bhi049
PMC
PMC3838943
OpenAlex
W2154436532
Cited by
244
References
80
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (064351)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
left inferior frontal gyrus, semantic selection, semantic search, picture naming, semantic interference, event-related fMRI
MeSH terms
Adult, Brain Mapping, Decision Making, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Memory, Semantics, Information Storage and Retrieval

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