Dissociable brain mechanisms for inhibitory control: effects of interference content and working memory capacity

• Published in: Brain research. Cognitive brain research Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 26 - 38
• Main Authors: Mecklinger, A, Weber, K, Gunter, T.C, Engle, R.W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.12.2003; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Anatomical correlates of behavior; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - methods; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human; Humans; Inhibition (Psychology); Inhibitory control; Interference content; Learning. Memory; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Memory; Memory - physiology; Photic Stimulation - methods; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Reaction Time - physiology; Recognition (Psychology) - physiology; Working memory capacity; Neuronal basis of behavior; Inhibitory control; Cognition; Working memory capacity; Interference content; Human; Central nervous system; Interference; Memory capacity; Memory span; Inhibition; Working memory; Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; Cognitive control; Encephalon; Functional imaging

In this study, event-related fMRI was used to examine whether the resolution of interference arising from two different information contents activates the same or different neuronal circuitries. In addition, we examined the extent to which these inhibitory control mechanisms are modulated by individ...