Cognitive control is defined as the provision of top-down support for task relavent pricess with representation of task demands being used to bias processing in favor of task-relevent stimuli and responces[1]. A number of studies have suggested that network of cortical areas - inclusing dorsolateral and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC, vlPFC) and aterior cingulate cortex (ACC) - has a role in cognitive control[2][3][4][5][6].
Paper that shows that the vmPFC is correlated to self control[7]
OFC also connected to impulsivty and self control. lack of activation in the OFC will result impulsivity. Testosterone seems to inhibit the OFC and result impulsivity[8].
References
- ↑ MacDonald et al, Dissociating the role of the dorsolateral preforontal cortex in cognitive control, science 288, 1835-1838 (2002)
- ↑ MacDonald et al, Dissociating the role of the dorsolateral preforontal cortex in cognitive control, science 288, 1835-1838 (2002)
- ↑ Duncan J & Owen AM, Common regions of the human frontal lobe recruited by diverse cognitive demands, Trends Neurosci, 23, 475-483 (2000)
- ↑ Posner et al, Conflicit, target detection, and cognitive control. In the attentive Brain, (ed. Parasuraman R) 401-423 (MIT press Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998)
- ↑ Carter CS et al. Anterior cinngulate cortex, error detection and the online monitoring of performence, science 280, 747-749 (1998)
- ↑ Botvinck M et al. Conflict monitoring of performance. Nature 402, 179-181 (1999)<re>Carter CS et al Pasing excutive process: stratigic vs evaluative functions of the antrior cingulate cortex. proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 1944-1948 (2000)
- ↑ Self-control in decision-making involves modulation of the vmPFC valuation system. Todd A Hare, Colin F Camerer, Antonio Rangel(2009) Science 324 (5927) p. 646-8
- ↑ Pranjal H. Mehta and Jennifer Beer, 2010, Neural Mechanisms of the Testosterone–Aggression Relation: The Role of Orbitofrontal Cortex