Prefrontal cortex activation in task switching: an event-related fMRI study

@article{citeulike:1369295, abstract = {When a switch between two tasks has to be carried out, performance is slower than in trials where the same task is performed repeatedly. This finding has been attributed to time-consuming control processes required for task switching. Previous results of other paradigms investigating cognitive control processes suggested that prefrontal cortex is involved in executive control. We used event-related fMRI to investigate prefrontal cortex involvement in task switching. Regions in the lateral prefrontal and premotor cortex bilaterally, the anterior insula bilaterally, the left intraparietal sulcus, the SMA/pre-SMA region and the cuneus/precuneus were activated by the task repetition condition and showed additional activation in the task switch condition. This confirmed the hypothesis that lateral prefrontal cortex is involved in task switching. However, the results also showed that this region is neither the only region involved in task switching nor a region specifically involved in task switching.}, author = {Dove, Anja and Pollmann, Stefan and Schubert, Torsten and Wiggins, Christopher J. and von Cramon, Yves D. }, citeulike-article-id = {1369295}, journal = {Cognitive Brain Research}, keywords = {attention, cognitive, cortex, neuroscience, prefrontal}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {103--109}, posted-at = {2007-06-07 03:45:03}, priority = {2}, title = {Prefrontal cortex activation in task switching: an event-related fMRI study}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6SYV-3YHFYXR-C/2/1779720904b1bb72fd95c7b5153a5e83}, volume = {9}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1369295 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1369295 TI - Prefrontal cortex activation in task switching: an event-related fMRI study JF - Cognitive Brain Research VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 103 EP - 109 N2 - When a switch between two tasks has to be carried out, performance is slower than in trials where the same task is performed repeatedly. This finding has been attributed to time-consuming control processes required for task switching. Previous results of other paradigms investigating cognitive control processes suggested that prefrontal cortex is involved in executive control. We used event-related fMRI to investigate prefrontal cortex involvement in task switching. Regions in the lateral prefrontal and premotor cortex bilaterally, the anterior insula bilaterally, the left intraparietal sulcus, the SMA/pre-SMA region and the cuneus/precuneus were activated by the task repetition condition and showed additional activation in the task switch condition. This confirmed the hypothesis that lateral prefrontal cortex is involved in task switching. However, the results also showed that this region is neither the only region involved in task switching nor a region specifically involved in task switching. KW - attention KW - cognitive KW - cortex KW - neuroscience KW - prefrontal AU - Dove, Anja AU - Pollmann, Stefan AU - Schubert, Torsten AU - Wiggins, Christopher AU - von Cramon, Yves PY - 2000/01/20/ UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6SYV-3YHFYXR-C/2/1779720904b1bb72fd95c7b5153a5e83 ER -