Results indicate a deficiency in inhibitory motor control in people who stutter in a task that does not rely on overt speech production and cannot be explained by general deficits in executive control or speeded motor execution.
Aging is accompanied by declines in executive control abilities and changes in underlying brain network architecture.
Repeated exposure to cannabis in nonpsychotic adolescents is associated with impairments in executive control of attention, similar to those observed in young adults with first-episode schizophrenia.
Prefrontal cortex (PFC) is implicated in executive control, herein defined as the ability to map external inputs and internal goals toward actions that solve problems or elicit rewards.
rPE that focuses on motor coordination activates cerebral structures that are involved in executive control and perceptual speed, thereby improving not only the quality of motor responses (execution correctness and speed) but also the integration process of visuospatial information [58].
Given the known neural architecture involved in executive control and reward, we used fMRI of human participants during incentivized motor performance to provide evidence to support and/or reconcile these competing models in a visuomotor task.
Regions involved in executive control and affective processing/persuasion are activated when viewing the negative value of smoking, but these systems can interact in ways that promote or hinder its impact on behavior.
It is also worth mentioning that in MwoA patients reduced connectivity in prefrontal and temporal regions of the default mode network [35], in the absence of structural abnormalities, thus suggesting that brain areas involved in executive control may show signs of dysfunction even before development of clinically detectable cognitive impairments.
Although cognitive neuroscience has made remarkable progress in understanding the involvement of the prefrontal cortex in executive control functions for human intelligence, the necessity of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) for key competencies of general intelligence and executive function remains to be well established.
Also, single neurons in the NCL participate in executive control, a critical component of PFC function [29].
Full details about the relationship between the cortical and subcortical circuits that are involved in executive control must await further research on this subject.
