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

Distinct Stages of Moment-to-Moment Processing in the Cinguloopercular and Frontoparietal Networks.

C Gratton, M Neta, H Sun, E J Ploran, B L Schlaggar, M E Wheeler, S E Petersen, S M Nelson

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Synthesis 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 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Action-mode subnetworks for decision-making, action control, and feedback.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  10. Masked features of task states found in individual brain networks.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2023
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  13. Prefrontal contributions to the stability and variability of thought and conscious experience.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

C GrattonDepartment of Neurology.
M NetaDepartment of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
H SunDepartment of Biomedical Engineering.
E J PloranDepartment of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA.
B L SchlaggarDepartment of Neurology.
M E WheelerSchool of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
S E PetersenDepartment of Neurology.
S M NelsonVISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, USA.

Funding

Developmental Neuroscience and Child PsychopathologyT32MH100019 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Deanna Barch, JOAN L. LUBY · 2013 to 2026
$4.8M
Functional Imaging of Perceptual Decision Making and Evidence AccumulationR01MH086492 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WHEELER, MARK EDWARD · 2010 to 2013
$1.4M
Examining vulnerable brain locations using network analysisF32NS092290 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GRATTON, CATERINA · 2015 to 2017
$112k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH086492NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH100019NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS092290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Control of goal-directed tasks is putatively carried out via the cinguloopercular (CO) and frontoparietal (FP) systems. However, it remains unclear whether these systems show dissociable moment-to-moment processing during distinct stages of a trial. Here, we characterize dynamics in the CO and FP networks in a meta-analysis of 5 decision-making tasks using fMRI, with a specialized "slow reveal" paradigm which allows us to measure the temporal characteristics of trial responses. We find that activations in left FP, right FP, and CO systems form separate clusters, pointing to distinct roles in decision-making. Left FP shows early "accumulator-like" responses, suggesting a role in pre-decision processing. CO has a late onset and transient response linked to the decision event, suggesting a role in performance reporting. The majority of right FP regions show late onsets with prolonged responses, suggesting a role in post-recognition processing. These findings expand upon past models, arguing that the CO and FP systems relate to distinct stages of processing within a trial. Furthermore, the findings provide evidence for a heterogeneous profile in the FP network, with left and right FP taking on specialized roles. This evidence informs our understanding of how distinct control networks may coordinate moment-to-moment components of complex actions.

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BrainBrain MappingDecision MakingExecutive FunctionHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeural Pathwaysdecision-makingexecutive controlfMRInetworks

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PMID27095824
PMCPMC6411212

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