Ten years of inhibition revisited.

Diane Swick,Christopher H Chatham

doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00329

Abstract

Ten years of inhibition revisited.

Highlights

In their 2004 Trends in Cognitive Sciences review of inhibition and the right inferior frontal cortex, Aron et al ( AR&P) boldly claimed that “inhibition is localized to right IFG alone” (Aron et al, 2004)
AR&P examined two main lines of contrary evidence that question whether the right inferior frontal cortex (rIFC) is the critical locus for inhibition, and whether inhibition is the primary function of rIFC
AR&P first address critics of the rIFC specificity view. Based on their prior lesion results, AR&P argue that right and IFC is critical for inhibition in the Stop-Signal task (Aron et al, 2003). They discount key findings from patients with left IFC lesions in the Go/NoGo task (Swick et al, 2008) by arguing that deficits in non-inhibitory decision processes can account for worse performance when Go and NoGo trials are equiprobable

Summary

Introduction

In their 2004 Trends in Cognitive Sciences review of inhibition and the right inferior frontal cortex (rIFC), Aron et al ( AR&P) boldly claimed that “inhibition is localized to right IFG alone” (Aron et al, 2004). The revisions can account for some findings outside AR&P’s initial conception of inhibitory control.

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