The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study
Inhibitory control, a core executive function, emerges in infancy and develops rapidly across childhood. Methodological limitations have meant that studies investigating the neural correlates underlying inhibitory control in infancy are rare. Employing functional near-infrared spectroscopy alongside...
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| author | Abigail Fiske Carina de Klerk Katie Y.K. Lui Liam Collins-Jones Alexandra Hendry Isobel Greenhalgh Anna Hall Gaia Scerif Henrik Dvergsdal Karla Holmboe |
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| description | Inhibitory control, a core executive function, emerges in infancy and develops rapidly across childhood. Methodological limitations have meant that studies investigating the neural correlates underlying inhibitory control in infancy are rare. Employing functional near-infrared spectroscopy alongside a novel touchscreen task that measures response inhibition, this study aimed to uncover the neural underpinnings of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants (N = 135). We found that when inhibition was required, the right prefrontal and parietal cortices were more activated than when there was no inhibitory demand. This demonstrates that inhibitory control in infants as young as 10 months of age is supported by similar brain areas as in older children and adults. With this study we have lowered the age-boundary for localising the neural substrates of response inhibition to the first year of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-333b884b21cc470a946644e0c7fbea932022-12-22T00:37:31ZengElsevierNeuroImage1095-95722022-08-01257119241The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy studyAbigail Fiske0Carina de Klerk1Katie Y.K. Lui2Liam Collins-Jones3Alexandra Hendry4Isobel Greenhalgh5Anna Hall6Gaia Scerif7Henrik Dvergsdal8Karla Holmboe9Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Corresponding author.Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Essex, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, United KingdomDepartment of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, United KingdomDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Institute of Mental Health, University College London, London, United KingdomDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomNord University Business School, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Organisation, Bodø, NorwayDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United KingdomInhibitory control, a core executive function, emerges in infancy and develops rapidly across childhood. Methodological limitations have meant that studies investigating the neural correlates underlying inhibitory control in infancy are rare. Employing functional near-infrared spectroscopy alongside a novel touchscreen task that measures response inhibition, this study aimed to uncover the neural underpinnings of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants (N = 135). We found that when inhibition was required, the right prefrontal and parietal cortices were more activated than when there was no inhibitory demand. This demonstrates that inhibitory control in infants as young as 10 months of age is supported by similar brain areas as in older children and adults. With this study we have lowered the age-boundary for localising the neural substrates of response inhibition to the first year of life.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811922003652Executive functionResponse inhibitionInfancyFunctional near-infrared spectroscopyPrefrontal cortexParietal cortex |
| spellingShingle | Abigail Fiske Carina de Klerk Katie Y.K. Lui Liam Collins-Jones Alexandra Hendry Isobel Greenhalgh Anna Hall Gaia Scerif Henrik Dvergsdal Karla Holmboe The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study NeuroImage Executive function Response inhibition Infancy Functional near-infrared spectroscopy Prefrontal cortex Parietal cortex |
| title | The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_full | The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_fullStr | The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_short | The neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10-month-old infants: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_sort | neural correlates of inhibitory control in 10 month old infants a functional near infrared spectroscopy study |
| topic | Executive function Response inhibition Infancy Functional near-infrared spectroscopy Prefrontal cortex Parietal cortex |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811922003652 |
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