Cognitive flexibility: neurobehavioral correlates of changing one’s mind

• Published in: Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) Vol. 33; no. 9; pp. 5436 - 5446
• Main Authors: Zühlsdorff, Katharina, Dalley, Jeffrey W, Robbins, Trevor W, Morein-Zamir, Sharon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 25.04.2023
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Algorithms; Brain - cytology; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Choice Behavior - physiology; Cognition - physiology; Female; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Neural Pathways; Original; Young Adult; proactive control; anterior insula; flexibility; uncertainty; anterior cingulate cortex

Abstract Behavioral and cognitive flexibility allow adaptation to a changing environment. Most tasks used to investigate flexibility require switching reactively in response to deterministic task-response rules. In daily life, flexibility often involves a volitional decision to change behavior. This...