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Selecting Among Competing Alternatives: Selection and Retrieval in the Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus
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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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Metadata
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- bronze
- doi.org
- 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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