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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2017

Dorsal Anterior Cingulate, Medial Superior Frontal Cortex, and Anterior Insula Show Performance Reporting-Related Late Task Control Signals.

Maital Neta, Steven M Nelson, Steven E Petersen

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maital NetaDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE68588, USA.
Steven M NelsonVISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX 76711, USA.
Steven E PetersenDepartment of Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Funding

Mapping the Human Connectome: Structure, Function, and HeritabilityU54MH091657 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI UGURBIL, KAMIL, VAN ESSEN, DAVID C · 2010 to 2014
$34.7M
DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLED READING: FMRI STUDIESR01HD057076 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHLAGGAR, BRADLEY L · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD057076NIMH NIH HHS U54 MH091657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cingulo-opercular network (including the dorsal anterior cingulate and bilateral anterior insula) shows 3 distinct task-control signals across a wide variety of tasks, including trial-related signals that appear to come online at or near the end of the trial. Previous work suggests that there are separable responses in this network for errors and ambiguity, implicating multiple types of processing units within these regions. Using a unique paradigm, we directly show that these separable responses withhold activity to the end of the trial, in the service of reporting performance back into the task set. Participants performed a slow reveal task where images were presented behind a black mask which was gradually degraded, and they pressed a button when they could recognize the object that was being revealed. A behavioral pilot was used to identify ambiguous stimuli. We found interactive effects of accuracy and ambiguity, which suggests that these regions are computing and utilizing information, at one time, about both types of performance indices. Importantly, we showed a relationship between cingulo-opercular activity and behavioral performance, suggesting a role for these regions in performance reporting, per se. We discuss these results in the context of task control.

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AdultBrain MappingExecutive FunctionFemaleFrontal LobeGyrus CinguliHumansJudgmentMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeuropsychological TestsPattern Recognition, VisualPilot ProjectsReaction TimeRecognition, PsychologyUncertaintyambiguityerrorfunctional networksperformance reportingtask control

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PMID26972752
PMCPMC6059248

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