Neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation: a near-infrared spectroscopy study
Abstract The ability of humans to use rules for organizing action demands a high level of executive control. Situational complexity mediates rule selection, from the adoption of a given rule to the selection of complex rules to achieve an appropriate response. Several rules have been proposed to be...
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| author | Taeko Harada Toshiki Iwabuchi Atsushi Senju Chikako Nakayasu Ryuji Nakahara Kenji J Tsuchiya Yoko Hoshi |
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| description | Abstract The ability of humans to use rules for organizing action demands a high level of executive control. Situational complexity mediates rule selection, from the adoption of a given rule to the selection of complex rules to achieve an appropriate response. Several rules have been proposed to be superordinate to human behavior in a cognitive hierarchy and mediated by different brain regions. In the present study, using a novel rule-selection task based on pre-response evaluations that require several cognitive operations, we examined whether the task is mediated by a specific region of the prefrontal cortex using near-infrared spectroscopy. We showed that the selection of rules, including prior evaluation of a stimulus, activates broader areas of the prefrontal and premotor regions than response selection based on a given rule. The results are discussed in terms of hierarchical cognitive models, the functional specialization of multiple-cognitive operations in the prefrontal cortex, and their contribution to a novel cognitive task. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3a473c0a6184f30b025298dff4c66ff2022-12-22T03:48:35ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-11-0112111110.1038/s41598-022-25185-3Neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation: a near-infrared spectroscopy studyTaeko Harada0Toshiki Iwabuchi1Atsushi Senju2Chikako Nakayasu3Ryuji Nakahara4Kenji J Tsuchiya5Yoko Hoshi6Research Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, JapanResearch Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, JapanResearch Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, JapanResearch Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, JapanEarly Childhood Education, Okazaki Women’s Junior CollegeResearch Center for Child Mental Development, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, JapanDepartment of Biomedical Optics, Hamamatsu University School of MedicineAbstract The ability of humans to use rules for organizing action demands a high level of executive control. Situational complexity mediates rule selection, from the adoption of a given rule to the selection of complex rules to achieve an appropriate response. Several rules have been proposed to be superordinate to human behavior in a cognitive hierarchy and mediated by different brain regions. In the present study, using a novel rule-selection task based on pre-response evaluations that require several cognitive operations, we examined whether the task is mediated by a specific region of the prefrontal cortex using near-infrared spectroscopy. We showed that the selection of rules, including prior evaluation of a stimulus, activates broader areas of the prefrontal and premotor regions than response selection based on a given rule. The results are discussed in terms of hierarchical cognitive models, the functional specialization of multiple-cognitive operations in the prefrontal cortex, and their contribution to a novel cognitive task.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25185-3 |
| spellingShingle | Taeko Harada Toshiki Iwabuchi Atsushi Senju Chikako Nakayasu Ryuji Nakahara Kenji J Tsuchiya Yoko Hoshi Neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation: a near-infrared spectroscopy study Scientific Reports |
| title | Neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation: a near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_full | Neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation: a near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_fullStr | Neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation: a near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation: a near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_short | Neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation: a near-infrared spectroscopy study |
| title_sort | neural mechanisms underlying rule selection based on response evaluation a near infrared spectroscopy study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25185-3 |
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