Conflict-induced behavioural adjustment: a clue to the executive functions of the prefrontal cortex

• Published in: Nature reviews. Neuroscience Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 141 - 152
• Main Authors: Mansouri, Farshad A., Tanaka, Keiji, Buckley, Mark J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.02.2009; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological - physiology; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Behavior - physiology; Behavioral Sciences; Behaviorism (Psychology); Biological and medical sciences; Biological Techniques; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cognition; Computer simulation; Computer-generated environments; Conflict (Psychology); Electrodiagnosis. Electric activity recording; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Medical sciences; Nervous system; Neurobiology; Neuropsychological Tests; Neurosciences; Physiological aspects; Prefrontal cortex; Prefrontal Cortex - physiology; Problem Solving - physiology; review-article; Somesthesis and somesthetic pathways (proprioception, exteroception, nociception); interoception; electrolocation. Sensory receptors; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; United Kingdom; Japan; Human; Adjustment; Central nervous system; Monkey; Review; Prefrontal cortex; Tuning; Encephalon; Vertebrata; Experience; Mammalia; Cingulate cortex; Primates; Models; Adaptation

Key Points In our daily life, we often rely on executive, or cognitive, control processes, which optimize the flexible use of our limited cognitive resources to currently prioritized tasks. Such control may become necessary when automatic or previously learned behaviours can no longer achieve the go...