Automaticity in motor sequence learning does not impair response inhibition

Cohen, Jessica R.; Poldrack, Russell A.

doi:10.3758/pbr.15.1.108

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“…The statistical analysis of electrical source estimations showed that this effect followed from a decrease in the activity of the rIFG as well as of the pre-SMA, primary motor cortex and basal ganglia. Our behavioral results corroborate previous psychophysical evidence for an improvement of SST performance with practice (Fillmore et al, 2001;Turner et al, 2004; though see Cohen and Poldrack, 2008). Because it takes into account both the SSD and Go RT, the SSRT is generally considered as being independent of changes in response strategies and thus to constitute a reliable index of SST proficiency (Congdon et al, 2012).…”

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Plastic modifications within inhibitory control networks induced by practicing a stop-signal task: An electrical neuroimaging study

Manuel

Bernasconi

Spierer

2013

Cortex

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Plastic modifications within inhibitory control networks induced by practicing a stop-signal task: An electrical neuroimaging study

Manuel

Bernasconi

Spierer

2013

Cortex

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“…For example, training IC with stop-signal tasks (SST) or Go/ NoGo tasks has been found to decrease stop-signal reaction times (SSRT; Guerrieri et al 2012;Manuel et al 2013), or to decrease false alarm rate and/or response time in the trained task, respectively (Schapkin et al 2007;Manuel et al 2010;Johnstone et al 2012;Benikos et al 2013). A few studies, however, did not find such a decrease (e.g., Cohen and Poldrack, 2008), or only in some conditions (Ditye et al 2012). These patterns of behavioral improvements have been hypothesized to follow from improvements in the speed of inhibition processes (White et al 2014;Chavan et al 2015).…”

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Enhancing frontal top-down inhibitory control with Go/NoGo training

2015

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Whether and how the capacity to inhibit cognitive and motor processes can be trained and the underlying neuroplastic mechanisms remain unclear. Using electrical neuroimaging methods, we investigated how inhibitory control training regimens can be designed to enhance frontal top-down inhibition processes. We trained participants with a Go/NoGo task in which the stimulusresponse mapping rules were systematically varied. This task parameter has indeed be hypothesized to determine the extent to which top-down frontal inhibition processes are involved and thus ultimately reinforced during the training. The effects of training on inhibitory control were assessed by analyzing the event-related potentials (ERPs) measured during the Go/NoGo task with a data-driven time-and electrode-wise 2 9 2 ANOVA with factors Session (beginning; end of the training) and Stimuli (Go; NoGo). To localize the sources of the ERP effects in the brain, the same statistical design was applied to distributed electrical source estimations averaged over the periods of ERP modulations. The training improved inhibitory control performance. Electrophysiologically, we found a significant Session 9 Stimulus interaction at 300-400 ms poststimulus onset over centro-occipital electrodes. Statistical parametric mapping on the brain source estimations revealed an interaction within right inferior frontal cortices driven by a decrease in response strength to NoGo but not to Go trials in this region. Our collective results demonstrate that frontal top-down inhibition processes can be enhanced with specifically designed inhibitory control training regimens.

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“…On the other hand, it may be that the signal was entirely ineffective in associating with the stop outcome, and that the only associations in play were those involving the cue. Supporting this view, research assessing how the relative speed of the stop process (as indexed by the SSRT) changes with practice has been mixed and has not always yielded any significant improvement (Cohen & Poldrack, 2008;Logan & Burkell, 1986). This suggests that response inhibition may not benefit from acquired associations between stop signals and stopping.…”

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Associatively mediated stopping: Training stimulus-specific inhibitory control

2015

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Response inhibition is often considered to be a deliberate act of cognitive control. However, our and other research suggests that when stimuli are repeatedly paired with an inhibitory response, inhibition can become automatized. Currently, relatively little research has focused on the nature of the associative structure that underpins stimulus-specific inhibitory training. In this study, we investigated what associations can be learned in stop-signal training tasks, distinguishing between indirect priming of the stop signal and direct activation of a stop response. We employed a novel paradigm, in which colored cues were stochastically paired with a number of stop signals, and demonstrated that cues consistently paired with stopping reduced commission errors and slowed reaction times. Furthermore, we showed that manipulating the pairings between stimuli and stop signals in a manner that favored the formation of stimulus-stop associations produced enhanced stop learning effects on reaction times, but not on probabilities of responding. Our results suggest that the perceptual processes supporting signal detection (priming) as well as inhibitory processes are involved in inhibitory control training, and that inhibition training may benefit from reducing the contingency between stimuli and stop signals.

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Automaticity in motor sequence learning does not impair response inhibition

Cited by 54 publications

References 27 publications

Plastic modifications within inhibitory control networks induced by practicing a stop-signal task: An electrical neuroimaging study

Plastic modifications within inhibitory control networks induced by practicing a stop-signal task: An electrical neuroimaging study

Enhancing frontal top-down inhibitory control with Go/NoGo training

Associatively mediated stopping: Training stimulus-specific inhibitory control

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