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The Frontoparietal Control System: A Central Role in Mental Health

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Cole, Michael W., Repovš, Grega, Anticevic, Alan·2014·The Neuroscientist

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Recent findings suggest the existence of a frontoparietal control system consisting of flexible hubs that regulate distributed systems (e.g., visual, limbic, motor) according to current task goals. A growing number of studies are reporting alterations of this control system across a striking range of mental diseases. We suggest this may reflect a critical role for the control system in promoting and maintaining mental health. Specifically, we propose that this system implements feedback control to regulate symptoms as they arise (e.g., excessive anxiety reduced via regulation of amygdala), such that an intact control system is protective against a variety of mental illnesses. Consistent with this possibility, recent results indicate that several major mental illnesses involve altered brain-wide connectivity of the control system, likely altering its ability to regulate symptoms. These results suggest that this "immune system of the mind" may be an especially important target for future basic and clinical research.

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  • The frontoparietal control network (FPCN) is involved in top-down control, monitoring attention, and regulating sensory and internal networks according to current task goals.

    “The frontoparietal control network (FPCN), with nodes in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC) is involved in “top-down control,” monitoring attention, and regulating sensory, and internal networks according to current task goals (Cole et al., 2014).”

    From Changes in functional connectivity following treatment with emotion regulation therapy (2019) · cites this paper as Cole et al., 2014

    The copy’s opening discussion (page unavailable) describes the frontoparietal subsystem as involved in adaptive control and says the control system changes its connections with other brain systems according to task demands. It assigns coordination of attention to external stimuli to the distinct dorsal-attention subsystem, however, and does not specifically establish that the FPCN monitors attention. The feedback-control section presents monitoring and regulation as proposed mechanisms, rather than settled functions. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  1. Henriques GR The Harmful Dysfunction Analysis and the Differentiation between Mental Disorder and Disease The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice: Objective Investigations of Controversial and Unorthodox Claims in Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, and Social Work 2002

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Authors
Cole, M. W., Repovš, G., & Anticevic, A.
Affiliations
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
  • University of Ljubljana (SI)
  • Yale University (US)
Venue
The Neuroscientist
Published
2014-03-12
Volume
20
Issue
6
Pages
652-664
ISSN
  • 1073-8584 (ISSN-L)
  • 1089-4098
OpenAlex
W2146083743
Cited by
461
References
105
Citations by year
2026: 37 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 58 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 1
FWCI
3.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Neuroscientist (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (DP5OD01210901, DP5OD012109, UL1TR000142)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (K99MH096801, MH096801, R00MH096801, R01MH108590)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
cognitive control, feedback control, mental illness, brain connectivity, anxiety regulation, amygdala, mental health
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Mental Health, Mental Processes, Nerve Net, Parietal Lobe, Feedback, Physiological

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