Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Dynamic targeting enables domain-general inhibitory control over action and thought by the prefrontal cortex

  • Dace Apšvalka,
  • Catarina S. Ferreira,
  • Taylor W. Schmitz,
  • James B. Rowe,
  • Michael C. Anderson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27926-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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The authors use fMRI to show that the ability to stop unwanted actions and thoughts arises from a common stopping mechanism that flexibly inhibits activity in diverse, content-specific brain areas.