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Erschienen in: Brain Topography 2/2014

01.03.2014 | Original Paper

High and Low Stimulus-Driven Conflict Engage Segregated Brain Networks, Not Quantitatively Different Resources

verfasst von: Leila Chouiter, Sebastian Dieguez, Jean-Marie Annoni, Lucas Spierer

Erschienen in: Brain Topography | Ausgabe 2/2014

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Abstract

Task-irrelevant information is constantly present in our environment and may interfere with the processing of the information necessary to achieve goal-directed behavior. While task goals determine which information must be suppressed, the demand for inhibitory control depends on the strength of the interference induced by incoming, task-irrelevant information. Whether the same or distinct inhibitory processes are engaged to suppress various degrees of interference from task-irrelevant information remains largely unresolved. We investigated this question by manipulating the strength of the conflict induced by automatic word reading in a classical color Stroop task. High conflict was induced by presenting words in participant’s native language and low conflict by presenting words in a less familiar language. Behavioral performance and electrical neuroimaging analyses of event-related potentials to the words were analyzed following a two-by-two within-subject design with factors conflict strength (high; low) and color word/word ink congruency (congruent; incongruent). Behaviorally, we observed a significant conflict strength × congruency driven by a smaller Stroop effect in the low- than high conflict condition. Electrophysiologically, we observed a significant conflict strength × congruency interaction at the topographic level during the period of the N450 components, indicative of the engagement of distinct configurations of brain networks. No such interaction was found at the level of response strength. Electrical sources analyses localized the topographic effect within the anterior cingulate cortex and basal ganglia, left middle frontal and occipital areas. We interpret our results in terms of qualitatively distinct executive mechanisms for reactive inhibitory control in conditions of high versus low stimulus-driven conflict.
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Metadaten
Titel
High and Low Stimulus-Driven Conflict Engage Segregated Brain Networks, Not Quantitatively Different Resources
verfasst von
Leila Chouiter
Sebastian Dieguez
Jean-Marie Annoni
Lucas Spierer
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2014
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Brain Topography / Ausgabe 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0896-0267
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6792
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-013-0303-0

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