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Error-related brain activation during a Go/NoGo response inhibition task
V Menon1, N E Adleman, C D White
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. menon@stanford.edu
Human Brain Mapping
|February 15, 2001
Summary
Brain imaging reveals distinct areas for error processing and response inhibition. The anterior cingulate, insular, and precuneus cortices are key for error detection, partially overlapping with inhibition networks.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Neuroimaging
- Executive Functions
Background:
- Inhibitory control and performance monitoring are crucial executive functions.
- The inferior frontal cortex is implicated in response inhibition.
- Brain regions for error processing and their relation to inhibition are unclear.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate brain activity related to errors during response inhibition.
- To identify brain areas involved in error processing and their overlap with inhibition networks.
Main Methods:
- Utilized a random effects model for neuroimaging analysis.
- Examined brain activation during a Go/NoGo task.
- Focused on error-related activity and response inhibition/competition.
Main Results:
- Error processing activated the anterior cingulate, insular, and precuneus cortices.
- Response inhibition/competition involved the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, inferior frontal cortex, and premotor cortex.
- Significant overlap exists between error processing and inhibition networks, with distinct regions for error detection.
Conclusions:
- Evidence supports a distributed error processing system partially overlapping with inhibition networks.
- Specific regions like the rostral anterior cingulate and anterior insular cortex are uniquely involved in error processing.
- The error processing system may interact with brain areas involved in speech production.