In many circumstances alternative courses of action and thoughts have to be inhibited to
allow the emergence of goal-directed behavior. However, this has not been the accepted …

The popular go/no-go paradigm is supposed to ensure a reliable probing of response
inhibition mechanisms. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have …

Salient cues can prompt the rapid interruption of planned actions. It has been proposed that
fast, reactive behavioral inhibition involves specific basal ganglia pathways, and we tested …

The stop-signal paradigm is a popular method for examining response inhibition and
impulse control in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical domains because it …

Planning and executing volitional actions in the face of conflicting habitual responses is a
critical aspect of human behavior. At the core of the interplay between these 2 control …

Endophenotypes or intermediate phenotypes are of great interest in neuropsychiatric
genetics because of their potential for facilitating gene discovery. We evaluated response …

When an unexpected event occurs in everyday life (eg, a car honking), one experiences a
slowing down of ongoing action (eg, of walking into the street). Motor slowing following …

According to the triadic neurocognitive model of addiction to drugs (eg, cocaine) and non-
drugs (eg, gambling), weakened “willpower” associated with these behaviors is the product …

Although a great deal of literature has been dedicated to the mutual links between emotion
and the selective attention component of executive control, there is very little data regarding …

In the welter of everyday life, people can stop particular response tendencies without
affecting others. A key requirement for such selective suppression is that subjects know in …