Cross-task specificity and within-task invariance of cognitive control processes

TitleCross-task specificity and within-task invariance of cognitive control processes
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2023
AuthorsXiao, Y, Chou, C-C, Cosgrove, GRees, Crone, NE, Stone, S, Madsen, JR, Reucroft, I, Shih, Y-C, Weisholtz, D, Yu, H-Y, Anderson, WS, Kreiman, G
JournalCell Reports
Volume42
Issue1
Pagination111919
Date Published01/2023
ISSN22111247
Abstract

Cognitive control involves flexibly combining multiple sensory inputs with task-dependent goals during decision making. Several tasks involving conflicting sensory inputs and motor outputs have been proposed to examine cognitive control, including the Stroop, Flanker, and multi-source interference task. Because these tasks have been studied independently, it remains unclear whether the neural signatures of cognitive control reflect abstract control mechanisms or specific combinations of sensory and behavioral aspects of each task. To address these questions, we record invasive neurophysiological signals from 16 patients with pharmacologically intractable epilepsy and compare neural responses within and between tasks. Neural signals differ between incongruent and congruent conditions, showing strong modulation by conflicting task demands. These neural signals are mostly specific to each task, generalizing within a task but not across tasks. These results highlight the complex interplay between sensory inputs, motor outputs, and task demands underlying cognitive control processes.

URLhttps://linkinghub-elsevier-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/retrieve/pii/S2211124722018174
DOI10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111919
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