Abstract
The present study is the first to assess whether the neural correlates of cognitive control processes differ in adults with and without a behaviorally inhibited temperament during early childhood. Adults with and without childhood behavioral inhibition completed an emotional conflict task while undergoing functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning. While no group differences in behavior were observed, adults with childhood behavioral inhibition, relative to adults without childhood behavioral inhibition, exhibited greater dorsomedial prefrontal cortex activity during conflict detection and greater putamen activity during conflict adaptation. Lifetime psychopathology predicted behavioral, but not brain-related, differences in conflict adaptation. These data suggest that the brain regions underlying cognitive control processes are differentially influenced by childhood behavioral inhibition, and may be differently related to psychopathology.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 306-314 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Biological Psychology |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Health , and grants from the National Institute of Mental Health Grant (NAF: R01 MH 074454 ) and the National Institute of Child Health and Development Grant (NAF: 5R37 HD 017899-20 ).
Keywords
- Behavioral inhibition
- Conflict adaptation
- Conflict detection
- Development
- Emotion regulation
- FMRI
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology