Frontal cortex and the hierarchical control of behavior

D Badre, DE Nee - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2018 - cell.com
The frontal lobes are important for cognitive control, yet their functional organization remains
controversial. An influential class of theory proposes that the frontal lobes are organized …

Corticostriatal regulation of language functions

DA Copland, S Brownsett, K Iyer, AJ Angwin - Neuropsychology Review, 2021 - Springer
The role of corticostriatal circuits in language functions is unclear. In this review, we consider
evidence from language learning, syntax, and controlled language production and …

Uncovering hidden brain state dynamics that regulate performance and decision-making during cognition

J Taghia, W Cai, S Ryali, J Kochalka, J Nicholas… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Human cognition is influenced not only by external task demands but also latent mental
processes and brain states that change over time. Here, we use novel Bayesian switching …

Conjunctive representations that integrate stimuli, responses, and rules are critical for action selection

A Kikumoto, U Mayr - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
People can use abstract rules to flexibly configure and select actions for specific situations,
yet how exactly rules shape actions toward specific sensory and/or motor requirements …

Subspace partitioning in the human prefrontal cortex resolves cognitive interference

J Weber, G Iwama, AK Solbakk… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The human prefrontal cortex (PFC) constitutes the structural basis underlying flexible
cognitive control, where mixed-selective neural populations encode multiple task features to …

Dynamic trial-by-trial recoding of task-set representations in the frontoparietal cortex mediates behavioral flexibility

L Qiao, L Zhang, A Chen, T Egner - Journal of Neuroscience, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
Cognitive flexibility forms the core of the extraordinary ability of humans to adapt, but the
precise neural mechanisms underlying our ability to nimbly shift between task sets remain …

Analogous computations in working memory input, output and motor gating: Electrophysiological and computational modeling evidence

R Rac-Lubashevsky, MJ Frank - PLoS computational biology, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Adaptive cognitive-control involves a hierarchical cortico-striatal gating system that supports
selective updating, maintenance, and retrieval of useful cognitive and motor information …

[HTML][HTML] Fronto-cerebellar connectivity mediating cognitive processing speed

CHY Wong, J Liu, TMC Lee, J Tao, AWK Wong… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
Processing speed is an important construct in understanding cognition. This study was
aimed to control task specificity for understanding the neural mechanisms underlying …

Cognitive overcontrol as a trait marker in anorexia nervosa? Aberrant task-and response-set switching in remitted patients.

JA King, FM Korb, R Vettermann… - Journal of abnormal …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) often present inflexible behaviors and rigid thinking
styles, which may contribute to disorder maintenance. Studies of set shifting have …

What are we measuring when we measure task switch costs?

E Hazeltine - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Task switching experimental procedures use diverse methods and
measures.•This diversity makes it difficult to specify the core processes associated with …