Journal article
An insula-frontostriatal network mediates flexible cognitive control by adaptively predicting changing control demands
Nature communications, Vol.6(1), pp.8165-8165
09/22/2015
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9165
PMCID: PMC4595591
PMID: 26391305
Abstract
The anterior cingulate and lateral prefrontal cortices have been implicated in implementing context-appropriate attentional control, but the learning mechanisms underlying our ability to flexibly adapt the control settings to changing environments remain poorly understood. Here we show that human adjustments to varying control demands are captured by a reinforcement learner with a flexible, volatility-driven learning rate. Using model-based functional magnetic resonance imaging, we demonstrate that volatility of control demand is estimated by the anterior insula, which in turn optimizes the prediction of forthcoming demand in the caudate nucleus. The caudate's prediction of control demand subsequently guides the implementation of proactive and reactive attentional control in dorsal anterior cingulate and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices. These data enhance our understanding of the neuro-computational mechanisms of adaptive behaviour by connecting the classic cingulate-prefrontal cognitive control network to a subcortical control-learning mechanism that infers future demands by flexibly integrating remote and recent past experiences.
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- Title: Subtitle
- An insula-frontostriatal network mediates flexible cognitive control by adaptively predicting changing control demands
- Creators
- Jiefeng Jiang - Department of Psychology &Neuroscience, Duke University, PO Box 90086, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USAJeffrey Beck - Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical School, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USAKatherine Heller - Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, PO Box 90251, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USATobias Egner - Department of Psychology &Neuroscience, Duke University, PO Box 90086, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nature communications, Vol.6(1), pp.8165-8165
- DOI
- 10.1038/ncomms9165
- PMID
- 26391305
- PMCID
- PMC4595591
- NLM abbreviation
- Nat Commun
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- eISSN
- 2041-1723
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- R01 MH087610 / NIMH NIH HHS R01MH087610 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/22/2015
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984065370802771
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