TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Neurocognitive mechanisms of action control: resisting the call of the Sirens
JO  - Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: cognitive science
A1  - Richard Ridderinkhof, K.
A1  - Forstmann, Birte U.
A1  - Wylie, Scott A.
A1  - Burle, Boris
A1  - van den Wildenberg, Wery P. M.
SP  - 174
EP  - 192
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - An essential facet of adaptive and versatile behavior is the ability to prioritize actions in response to dynamically changing circumstances. The field of potential actions afforded by a situation is shaped by many factors, such as environmental demands, past experiences, and prepotent tendencies. Selection among action affordances can be driven by deliberate, intentional processes as a product of goal-directed behavior and by extraneous stimulus-action associations as established inherently or through learning. We first review the neurocognitive mechanisms putatively linked to these intention-driven and association-driven routes of action selection. Next, we review the neurocognitive mechanisms engaged to inhibit action affordances that are no longer relevant or that interfere with goal-directed action selection. Optimal action control is viewed as a dynamic interplay between selection and suppression mechanisms, which is achieved by an elaborate circuitry of interconnected cortical regions (most prominently the pre-supplementary motor area and the right inferior frontal cortex) and basal ganglia structures (most prominently the dorsal striatum and the subthalamic nucleus). WIREs Cogni Sci 2011 2 174-192 DOI: 10.1002/wcs.99 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1939-5078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcs.99
ID  - ref1
ER  -