Files and links (1)
Accepted (AM)Open Access (License Unspecified), Open
Journal article
A matched filter hypothesis for cognitive control
Neuropsychologia, v 62, pp 341-355
Sep 2014
PMID: 24200920
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
The prefrontal cortex exerts top-down influences on several aspects of higher-order cognition by functioning as a filtering mechanism that biases bottom-up sensory information toward a response that is optimal in context. However, research also indicates that not all aspects of complex cognition benefit from prefrontal regulation. Here we review and synthesize this research with an emphasis on the domains of learning and creative cognition, and outline how the appropriate level of cognitive control in a given situation can vary depending on the organism's goals and the characteristics of the given task. We offer a matched filter hypothesis for cognitive control, which proposes that the optimal level of cognitive control is task-dependent, with high levels of cognitive control best suited to tasks that are explicit, rule-based, verbal or abstract, and can be accomplished given the capacity limits of working memory and with low levels of cognitive control best suited to tasks that are implicit, reward-based, non-verbal or intuitive, and which can be accomplished irrespective of working memory limitations. Our approach promotes a view of cognitive control as a tool adapted to a subset of common challenges, rather than an all-purpose optimization system suited to every problem the organism might encounter.
•We offer a new perspective on cognitive control, the Matched Filter Hypothesis (MFH) for cognitive control.•The MFH proposes that the optimal level of cognitive control is task dependent.•High levels of cognitive control are suited to explicit, rule-based, verbal or abstract tasks.•Low levels of cognitive control are suited to implicit, reward-based, non-verbal or intuitive tasks.•The MFH suggests that limited control of thought processes might benefit cognitive performance in certain circumstances.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- A matched filter hypothesis for cognitive control
- Creators
- Evangelia G. Chrysikou - University of KansasMatthew J. Weber - University of PennsylvaniaSharon L. Thompson-Schill - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Neuropsychologia, v 62, pp 341-355
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000343389500035
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84889020724
- Other Identifier
- 991019176805404721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Behavioral Sciences
- Neurosciences
- Psychology, Experimental