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Establishing a Right Frontal Beta Signature for Stopping Action in Scalp EEG: Implications for Testing Inhibitory Control in Other Task Contexts

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Wagner, Johanna, Wessel, Jan R., Ghahremani, Ayda, Aron, Adam R.·2018·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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Many studies have examined the rapid stopping of action as a proxy of human self-control. Several methods have shown that a critical focus for stopping is the right inferior frontal cortex. Moreover, electrocorticography studies have shown beta band power increases in the right inferior frontal cortex and in the BG for successful versus failed stop trials, before the time of stopping elapses, perhaps underpinning a prefrontal–BG network for inhibitory control. Here, we tested whether the same signature might be visible in scalp electroencephalography (EEG)—which would open important avenues for using this signature in studies of the recruitment and timing of prefrontal inhibitory control. We used independent component analysis and time–frequency approaches to analyze EEG from three different cohorts of healthy young volunteers (48 participants in total) performing versions of the standard stop signal task. We identified a spectral power increase in the band 13–20 Hz that occurs after the stop signal, but before the time of stopping elapses, with a right frontal topography in the EEG. This right frontal beta band increase was significantly larger for successful compared with failed stops in two of the three studies. We also tested the hypothesis that unexpected events recruit the same frontal system for stopping. Indeed, we show that the stopping-related right-lateralized frontal beta signature was also active after unexpected events (and we accordingly provide data and scripts for the method). These results validate a right frontal beta signature in the EEG as a temporally precise and functionally significant neural marker of the response inhibition process.

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Authors
Wagner, J., Wessel, J. R., Ghahremani, A., & Aron, A. R.
Affiliations
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • University of Iowa (US)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
Venue
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Publisher
MIT Press
Published
2018-01
Volume
30
Issue
1
Pages
107-118
ISSN
  • 0898-929X (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-8898
OpenAlex
W2751755304
Cited by
112
References
60
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2026: 3 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 2
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4.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA026452)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Free Will and Agency
Keywords
inhibitory control, stop-signal task, response inhibition, self-control, right inferior frontal cortex, unexpected events, neural markers
MeSH terms
Beta Rhythm, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Motor Activity, Neuropsychological Tests, Scalp, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Young Adult

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