Double dissociation of the roles of the left and right prefrontal cortices in anticipatory regulation of action.

ABSTRACT: Recent actions can benefit or disrupt our current actions and the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is thought to play a major role in the regulation of these actions before they occur. The left PFC has been associated with overcoming interference from past events in the context of language production and working memory. The right PFC, and especially the right IFG, has been associated with preparatory inhibition processes. But damage to the right PFC has also been associated with impairment in sustaining actions in motor intentional disorders. Moreover, bilateral dorsolateral PFC has been associated with the ability to maintain task-sets, and improve the performance of current actions based on previous experience. However, potential hemispheric asymmetries in anticipatory regulation of action have n

SUBMITTER: Ries SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4194137 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature