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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Habit modification is challenging, with statistical learning underpinning habit formation.
  • The role of executive functions (EF) in updating probabilistic representations is under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between executive functions and the rewiring of probabilistic representations.
  • To understand how cognitive inhibition and verbal fluency impact the updating of learned patterns.

Main Methods:

  • An experiment involved learning, rewiring, and retrieval phases.
  • Executive functions (attentional control, inhibition, working memory, flexibility, verbal fluency) were assessed.
  • An interindividual differences approach examined EF measures and knowledge updating.

Main Results:

  • A positive correlation was found between rewiring and inhibition, indicating better inhibitory control facilitates representation updating.
  • A negative correlation between rewiring and semantic fluency suggests verbal fluency tasks can impede updating.
  • Findings align with competitive memory network models.

Conclusions:

  • Rewiring probabilistic representations is complex, requiring cognitive inhibition to overcome proactive interference.
  • Model-free functioning is crucial for updating implicit predictive representations.
  • Executive functions significantly modulate the ability to modify learned patterns.