The Stroop effect involves an excitatory–inhibitory fronto-cerebellar loop

It remains unclear how the Stroop effect occurs and gets resolved in the human brain. Here, the authors show that a functional loop involving the prefrontal cortex and cerebellum may play a critical role during word-color perception.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Moe Okayasu, Tensei Inukai, Daiki Tanaka, Kaho Tsumura, Reiko Shintaki, Masaki Takeda, Kiyoshi Nakahara, Koji Jimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35397-w