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Multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility
Cognitive flexibility is essential to achieve higher level goals. Cognitive theories assume that the activation/deactivation of goals and task rules is central to understand cognitive flexibility. However, how this activation/deactivation dynamic is implemented on a neurophysiological level is uncle...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8654636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103502 |
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author | Petruo, Vanessa Takacs, Adam Mückschel, Moritz Hommel, Bernhard Beste, Christian |
author_facet | Petruo, Vanessa Takacs, Adam Mückschel, Moritz Hommel, Bernhard Beste, Christian |
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description | Cognitive flexibility is essential to achieve higher level goals. Cognitive theories assume that the activation/deactivation of goals and task rules is central to understand cognitive flexibility. However, how this activation/deactivation dynamic is implemented on a neurophysiological level is unclear. Using EEG-based multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) methods, we show that activation of relevant information occurs parallel in time at multiple levels in the neurophysiological signal containing aspects of stimulus-related processing, response selection, and motor response execution, and relates to different brain regions. The intensity with which task sets are activated and processed dynamically decreases and increases. The temporal stability of these activations could, however, hardly explain behavioral performance. Instead, task set deactivation processes associated with left orbitofrontal regions and inferior parietal regions selectively acting on motor response task sets are relevant. The study shows how propositions from cognitive theories stressing the importance task set activation/deactivation during cognitive flexibility are implemented on a neurophysiological level. |
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spelling | pubmed-86546362021-12-20 Multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility Petruo, Vanessa Takacs, Adam Mückschel, Moritz Hommel, Bernhard Beste, Christian iScience Article Cognitive flexibility is essential to achieve higher level goals. Cognitive theories assume that the activation/deactivation of goals and task rules is central to understand cognitive flexibility. However, how this activation/deactivation dynamic is implemented on a neurophysiological level is unclear. Using EEG-based multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) methods, we show that activation of relevant information occurs parallel in time at multiple levels in the neurophysiological signal containing aspects of stimulus-related processing, response selection, and motor response execution, and relates to different brain regions. The intensity with which task sets are activated and processed dynamically decreases and increases. The temporal stability of these activations could, however, hardly explain behavioral performance. Instead, task set deactivation processes associated with left orbitofrontal regions and inferior parietal regions selectively acting on motor response task sets are relevant. The study shows how propositions from cognitive theories stressing the importance task set activation/deactivation during cognitive flexibility are implemented on a neurophysiological level. Elsevier 2021-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8654636/ /pubmed/34934921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103502 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Petruo, Vanessa Takacs, Adam Mückschel, Moritz Hommel, Bernhard Beste, Christian Multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility |
title | Multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility |
title_full | Multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility |
title_fullStr | Multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility |
title_full_unstemmed | Multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility |
title_short | Multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility |
title_sort | multi-level decoding of task sets in neurophysiological data during cognitive flexibility |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8654636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103502 |
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