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Meta-analytic evidence for a superordinate cognitive control network subserving diverse executive functions
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Classic cognitive theory conceptualizes executive functions as involving multiple specific domains, including initiation, inhibition, working memory, flexibility, planning, and vigilance. Lesion and neuroimaging experiments over the past two decades have suggested that both common and unique processes contribute to executive functions during higher cognition. It has been suggested that a superordinate fronto–cingulo–parietal network supporting cognitive control may also underlie a range of distinct executive functions. To test this hypothesis in the largest sample to date, we used quantitative meta-analytic methods to analyze 193 functional neuroimaging studies of 2,832 healthy individuals, ages 18–60, in which performance on executive function measures was contrasted with an active control condition. A common pattern of activation was observed in the prefrontal, dorsal anterior cingulate, and parietal cortices across executive function domains, supporting the idea that executive functions are supported by a superordinate cognitive control network. However, domain-specific analyses showed some variation in the recruitment of anterior prefrontal cortex, anterior and midcingulate regions, and unique subcortical regions such as the basal ganglia and cerebellum. These results are consistent with the existence of a superordinate cognitive control network in the brain, involving dorsolateral prefrontal, anterior cingulate, and parietal cortices, that supports a broad range of executive functions.
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“For example, Niendam et al.‘s [137] meta-analytic study of 193 neuroimaging fMRI studies of EF showed broad patterns of activation across the lateral and medial PFC, including regions BA-9 and BA-46 (dlPFC) and BA-32 (rostral ACC), as well as both superior and inferior regions of the parietal lobes for tasks with predominantly working memory, flexibility, or inhibitory components.”
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“Conjunction maps of activation during different tasks (e.g., during inhibiting, updating, and shifting tasks), either with data estimated within one study [135, 138, 139] or with meta-analytic techniques [137, 140, 141], suggest that both children and adults recruit a common set of regions within the FPN and CON during diverse EF tasks.”
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“At the neurobiological level, this unity can be seen in the overall patterns of neural activations during CC tasks [135–137]: Neuroimaging studies suggest that individuals performing these kinds of tasks generally activate some of the same brain regions across multiple tasks, although they also activate some regions that are unique to a particular task.”
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“The ECN, which overlaps with the frontostriatal and frontoparietal networks, is a fundamental neural substrate underpinning higher-order cognitive functions.”
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“The cognitive control network (CCN),7 mainly comprising the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, postparietal cortex, and frontal eye fields, plays a pivotal role in regulating top-down cognitive processes.8”
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“Decades of functional neuroimaging work has delineated brain networks underlying EFs that contribute to cognitive flexibility (21,22), namely the executive control/lateral frontoparietal (L-FPN) and salience/midcingulo-insular networks (M-CIN) (23–25).”
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“It is now known that the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) also plays a distinct role in WM within the broader central executive network (i.e., frontoparietal network; Niendam et al., 2012).”
Atypical procedural learning skills in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
Dyck, D. V., Deconinck, N., Aeby, A., Baijot, S., Coquelet, N., Tiège, X. D., & Urbain, C. M. (2022) · Child Neuropsychology · doi:10.1080/09297049.2022.2152433 · Cited by 8
“…executive functions, such as inhibition or working memory, which also rely on basal ganglia-or cerebellar-related cortico-subcortical networks (Niendam et al., 2012) are impaired in 40 to 60% of children and adults with DCD as compared to their TD peers (Alloway et al., 2009; Bernardi et al.,…”
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“Similarly, there is increasing evidence to support the role of the parietal cortex ( Cai et al., 2016; Kolodny et al., 2017; Tamnes et al., 2013), as well as a frontoparietal network ( Aron et al., 2007; Niendam et al., 2012), as key neural substrates of inhibitory control.”
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“These areas include the left and right dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex (DLPFC) and parietal areas (see e.g. Niendam et al 2012 for a good overview using an activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta-analysis of diverse cognitive tasks, and Owen et al 2005 for an n -Back specific treatment, also…”
Executive functions and aggression in “hot” and “cold” contexts: Two meta-analyses
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“The mPFC has been implicated in a variety of social-cognitive abilities and associated functions (e.g., reality monitoring and emotional regulation) necessary for effective parenting (Crandall et al., 2015; León et al., 2021; Niendam et al., 2012; Ochsner et al., 2012; Rutherford et al., 2015).”
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“It is suggested that cognitive control processing may be a common basic function underlying these different tasks demands and that the DLPFC may be a part of the cognitive control network (Cole & Schneider, 2007; Cole et al., 2013; Niendam et al., 2012; Szczepanski & Knight, 2014).”
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“…network, a set of interconnected brain regions that are suppressed during tasks that demand externalized attention [47]; and the fronto-parietal network, a network known to be implicated in a wide range of executive functions, including working memory, performance monitoring, and planning [48,49].”
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“…± 0.524 µV) and the left brain (-0.429 ± 0.443 µV), whereas the LPC mean amplitude in the right brain (1.373 ± 0.484 µV) was higher than in the emotions (Niendam et al., 2012 ), which corresponds to the larger P1 components elicited by emotional-negative advertising slogans, implying that…”
InfluentialDysfunction of thalamocortical circuits in early-onset schizophrenia
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“…the flexible interplay between the CC network (CCN) — a distributed circuit of regions (including fronto-parietal areas) — and the default-mode network (DMN) (Alvarez & Emory, 2006; Dwyer et al., 2014; Mansouri et al., 2017; Niendam et al., 2012; Rottschy et al., 2012; Satterthwaite et al., 2013).”
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“…that give rise to these processes, as meta-analytic results of functional magnetic resonance imaging data suggest that superordinate cognitive control systems as well as specific brain regions are engaged during execution of EF tasks (a study by Niendam et al [15] presents a review on the same).”
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“It helps individuals achieve goals by dynamically adjusting and switching attention and responses 10,177,178 .”
Executive functioning in adolescents with internalizing disorders: a systematic review
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“When exerting control, increasing task demands engage the mPFC/ dACC, posterior parietal cortex, anterior insula, and prefrontal cortex (Laird et al., 2005; Niendam et al., 2012).”
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“The DLPFC is the core node of executive control network (ECN), primarily associated with executive functions including WM, adaptive cognitive control, and selective attention.(28) Despite the heterogeneity of methods in the cognitive task, a study has identified abnormalities in the DLPFC and relevant circuitries as c…”
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Alterations in functional brain connectivity associated with developmental dyscalculia
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“…resembling the Executive Central Network (ECN),includes interconnections within the frontal and prefrontal regions, and between these regions and the inferior parietal cortex, ACC, insula, and temporal brain areas (Collette and Van der Linden 2002; Vincent et al. 2008; Niendam et al. 2012).”
Longitudinal relations of executive functions to academic achievement and wellbeing in adolescence
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“A related issue is the fact that executive functions emanate from the complex interactions of distributed brain networks, with several key nodes outside of the frontal lobe (Niendam et al., 2012).”
The intersection of violence, brain networks, and mindfulness practices
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Metadata
- Authors
- Niendam, T. A., Laird, A. R., Ray, K. L., Dean, Y. M., Glahn, D. C., & Carter, C. S.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Niendam, Tara A.
- Venue
- Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
- Published
- 2012-01-27
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 241-268
- ISSN
- 1530-7026 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-135X
- PMC
- PMC3660731
- OpenAlex
- W2019930104
- Semantic Scholar
- 98fddd2e31078947295c667fc52d483f3e530f48
- Cited by
- 1,700
- References
- 266
- Citations by year
- 2026: 119 · 2025: 153 · 2024: 156 · 2023: 143 · 2022: 156 · 2021: 170 · 2020: 117 · 2019: 146 · 2018: 123 · 2017: 125 · 2016: 84 · 2015: 75 · 2014: 77 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 33.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (P60AA007611)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH074457, R01MH078143, R24MH081807, R01MH059883, K23MH087708, R01MH083824)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Keywords
- executive function, cognitive control, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, parietal cortex, inhibition, working memory, cognitive flexibility, basal ganglia, cerebellum, functional neuroimaging
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Female, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Middle Aged, Neural Pathways, Neuropsychological Tests, Radionuclide Imaging, Visual Perception, Young Adult, Executive Function, Neuroimaging
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