Adaptive behavior is guided by integrated representations of controlled and non-controlled information.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how task knowledge is encoded neurally is crucial for uncovering the mechanisms underlying adaptive behavior. Here, we test the theory that all task information is integrated into a conjunctive task representation by investigating whether this representation simultaneously includes two types of associations that can guide behavior: stimulus-response (non-controlled) associations and stimulus-control (controlled) associations that inform how task focus should be adjusted to achieve goal-directed behavior. We extended the classic item-specific proportion congruency paradigm to dissociate the electroencephalographic (EEG) representations of controlled and non-controlled associations. Behavioral data replicated previous findings of association-driven adaptive behaviors. Decoding

SUBMITTER: Huang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12363798 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature