Superior temporal gyrus and insula provide response and outcome-dependent information during assessment and action selection in a decision-making situation

Paulus, Martin P.; Feinstein, Justin S.; Leland, David S.; Simmons, Alan N.

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.12.055

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“…The neural representation of physical states can activate motivational circuits (e.g., ventral striatum) that determine engagement in or avoidance of risk-taking behavior (Craig, 2002). This is consistent with the observation that the insula is often activated concurrently with the OFC/ VLPFC in decision-making tasks, and is similarly modulated by risk or reward (Ernst, Bolla, Mouratidis, Contoreggi, Matochik, Kurian, Cadet, Kimes, London, 2002;Critchley, Mathias, Dolan, 2001;Paulus, Feinstein, Leland, Simmons, 2005;O'Doherty et al, 2003). Our results suggest that anterior insula activation occurs in both adults and adolescents during decisionmaking, but that the activation is stronger in adults.…”

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Neural substrates of choice selection in adults and adolescents: Development of the ventrolateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices

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A heightened propensity for risk-taking and poor decision-making underlies the peak morbidity and mortality rates reported during adolescence. Delayed maturation of cortical structures during the adolescent years has been proposed as a possible explanation for this observation. Here, we test the hypothesis of adolescent delayed maturation by using fMRI during a monetary decision-making task that directly examines risk-taking behavior during choice selection. Orbitofrontal/ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (OFC/VLPFC) and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) were examined selectively since both have been implicated in reward-related processes, cognitive control, and resolution of conflicting decisions. Group comparisons revealed greater activation in the OFC/ VLPFC (BA 47) and dorsal ACC (BA 32) in adults than adolescents when making risky selections. Furthermore, reduced activity in these areas correlated with greater risk-taking performance in adolescents and in the combined group. Consistent with predictions, these results suggest that adolescents engage prefrontal regulatory structures to a lesser extent than adults when making risky economic choices.

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Neural substrates of choice selection in adults and adolescents: Development of the ventrolateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices

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“…For instance, the IFC is part of a neural circuitry involved in perceiving and expressing pleasant facial affect (Hennenlotter et al, 2005). The middle/inferior frontal cortices have also been implicated in EM and feedback processing (O'Doherty et al, 2001;Jimura et al, 2004;Kemmotsu et al, 2005;Paulus et al, 2005). But perhaps most relevant to the current study is the hypothesis that the IFC mediates outcome monitoring of behavior (Kringelbach and Rolls, 2004).…”

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Imaging Response Inhibition in a Stop-Signal Task: Neural Correlates Independent of Signal Monitoring and Post-Response Processing

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Execution of higher cortical functions requires inhibitory control to restrain habitual responses and meet changing task demands. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to show the neural correlates of response inhibition during a stop-signal task. The task has a frequent "go" stimulus to set up a pre-potent response tendency and a less frequent "stop" signal for subjects to withhold their response. We contrasted brain activation between successful and failed inhibition for individual subjects and compared groups of subjects with short and long stop-signal reaction times. The two groups of subjects did not differ in their inhibition failure rates or the extent of signal monitoring, error monitoring, or task-associated frustration ratings. The results showed that short stop-signal reaction time or more efficient response inhibition was associated with greater activation in the superior medial and precentral frontal cortices. Moreover, activation of these inhibitory motor areas correlated negatively with stop-signal reaction time. These brain regions may represent the neural substrata of response inhibition independent of other cognitive and affective functions.

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“…This person (the decision maker) is thus forced to choose one option out of a set of alternatives. The process of making a decision is a sequence of subprocesses, e.g., evaluating specific aspects of each alternative, constructing a mental representation of the decision situation, or judging the involved uncertainty (Paulus et al, 2005). These subprocesses are at least to some degree interdependent.…”

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The neural implementation of multi-attribute decision making: A parametric fMRI study with human subjects

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Decision making is not a unitary entity but involves rather a series of interdependent processes. Decisions entail a choice between two or more alternatives. Within the complex series of decisional processes, at least two levels can be differentiated: a first level of information integration (process level) and a second level of information interpretation (control level), leading to a subsequent motor response or cognitive process. The aim of this study was to investigate the neural network of these decisional processes. In a single trial fMRI study, we implemented a simple decision-making task, where subjects had to decide between two alternatives represented on five attributes. The similarity between the two alternatives was varied systematically in order to achieve a parametric variation of decisional effort. For easy trials, the two alternatives differed significantly in several attributes, whereas for difficult trials, the two alternatives differed only in small details. The results show a distributed neural network related to decisional effort. By means of time course analysis different subprocesses within this network could be differentiated: regions subserving the integration of the presented information (premotor areas and superior parietal lobe) and regions subserving the interpretation of this information (frontolateral and frontomedial cortex, anterior insula, and caudate) as well as a region in the inferior frontal junction updating task rules. D

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Superior temporal gyrus and insula provide response and outcome-dependent information during assessment and action selection in a decision-making situation

Cited by 124 publications

References 50 publications

Neural substrates of choice selection in adults and adolescents: Development of the ventrolateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices

Neural substrates of choice selection in adults and adolescents: Development of the ventrolateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices

Imaging Response Inhibition in a Stop-Signal Task: Neural Correlates Independent of Signal Monitoring and Post-Response Processing

The neural implementation of multi-attribute decision making: A parametric fMRI study with human subjects

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