Overlapping and dissociable brain activations for fluid intelligence and executive functions.

ABSTRACT: Cognitive enhancement interventions aimed at boosting human fluid intelligence (gf) have targeted executive functions (EFs), such as updating, inhibition, and switching, in the context of transfer-inducing cognitive training. However, even though the link between EFs and gf has been demonstrated at the psychometric level, their neurofunctional overlap has not been quantitatively investigated. Identifying whether and how EFs and gf might share neural activation patterns could provide important insights into the overall hierarchical organization of human higher-order cognition, as well as suggest specific targets for interventions aimed at maximizing cognitive transfer. We present the results of a quantitative meta-analysis of the available fMRI and PET literature on EFs and gf in humans, sh

SUBMITTER: Santarnecchi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9094637 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature