Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-2
pubmed:abstractText
In daily activities, humans must attend and respond to a range of important items and inhibit and not respond to unimportant distractions. Our current understanding of these processes is largely based on perceptually simple stimuli. This study investigates the interaction of conceptual-semantic categorization and inhibitory processing using Event Related Potentials (ERPs). Participants completed three Go-NoGo tasks that increased systematically in the degree of conceptual-semantic information necessary to respond correctly (from single items to categories of objects and animals). Findings indicate that the N2 response reflects inhibitory processing but does not change significantly with task difficulty. The P3 NoGo amplitude, on the other hand, is attenuated by task difficulty. Further, the latency of the peak of the P3 NoGo response elicited by the most difficult task is significantly later than are the peaks detected during performance of the other two tasks. Thus, the level of complexity of conceptual-semantic representations influences inhibitory processing in a systematic way. This inhibition paradigm may be a key for investigating inhibitory dysfunction in patient populations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1090-2147
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
196-203
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Choice Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Concept Formation, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Evoked Potentials, Visual, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Neural Inhibition, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Patient Selection, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Photic Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Psychomotor Performance, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:19773108-Visual Perception
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The influence of perceptual and semantic categorization on inhibitory processing as measured by the N2-P3 response.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for BrainHealth, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235, USA. mandy.maguire@utdallas.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural