As we struggle to resist, inhibitory
cognitive control networks involving the front of the brain activate to squelch the impulse by tempering its appeal.
The rush of hormones at puberty helps drive the reward - system network toward maturity, but those hormones do nothing to speed up
the cognitive control network.
At those moments, part of
the cognitive control network, called the inferior frontal gyrus, was more active than it was at other times.
Casey proposes that as
the cognitive control network matures, it gets more efficient.
Not exact matches
Furthermore, we found that in people who intentionally mind wander, two main brain
networks broadly overlap each other: the default - mode
network, which is active when focusing on information from memory, and the fronto - parietal
network, which stabilizes our focus and inhibits irrelevant stimuli as part of our
cognitive control system.»
Scientists of the Transfaculty Research Platform «Molecular and
Cognitive Neurosciences» (MCN) at the University of Basel and the Psychiatric University Clinics have now described a
network of genes that
controls fundamental properties of neurons and is related to working memory, brain activity and schizophrenia.
In trance, brain
networks displayed notable reconfigurations, including increased connectivity in regions associated with internal thought (the default mode's posterior cingulate cortex) and
cognitive control (dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and insula), as well as decreased connectivity within the brainstem and auditory pathway.
These results therefore broaden the influence of the local inhibitory
networks in the cortex from one of simple regulation of excitability to one of also
controlling cognitive function.
Using functional neuroimaging, they demonstrated that the prospect of monetary reward stimulates the fronto - striatal
network, resulting in the reduction of
cognitive fatigue in individuals with MS and healthy
controls.
Very little is known about the large - scale brain
networks that may underlie the
cognitive and behavioral symptoms of FXS.To identify large - scale, resting - state
networks in FXS that differ from
control individuals matched on age, IQ, and severity of behavioral and
cognitive symptoms.Cross - sectional, in vivo neuroimaging study conducted in an academic medical center.
In GAD, we find evidence of an intra-amygdalar abnormality and engagement of a compensatory frontoparietal executive
control network, consistent with
cognitive theories of GAD.
The largest portions of the neocerebellum take part in the executive
control network implicated in higher
cognitive functions such as working memory.
When it comes to balance
control, this means that we use our brain's
cognitive and motor
networks at the same time - a phenomenon called dual tasking.
The prefrontal cortex is where the highest
cognitive and emotional
control networks are being constructed, especially during the school years.
Research also implicates a distributed
network within the prefrontal cortex through which attention is deployed to closely monitor performance, incorporating feedback, as individuals then call on more specialized
cognitive control mechanisms to modify subsequent behaviour.30 - 32 Anxiety related perturbations in this pattern are evident in both children33 and adults.34 Imaging studies have implicated the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in this process, as it appears to be hyperactive in anxious individuals during tasks requiring
cognitive or «top down»
control.35
Neural
networks including the prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices develop under influence of genetic and environmental factors and play an important role in emotional reactivity but also in emotion regulation, attention, and
cognitive control [11, 12].