Journal article
Interpersonal traits and the neural representations of cognitive control in the prefrontal cortex
Cognitive, affective, & behavioral neuroscience, v 22(5), pp 1001-1020
24 Mar 2022
PMID: 35332509
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Abstract
Adaptive interpersonal functioning relies on the effectiveness of behavioral and neural systems involved in cognitive control. Whether different subcomponents of cognitive control and their neural representations are associated with distinctive interpersonal dispositions has yet to be determined. The present study investigated the relationships between prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation associated with two subcomponents of cognitive control and individual differences in interpersonally relevant traits and facets within the Five-Factor Model of personality. Undergraduate participants (n = 237) provided self-ratings of interpersonal traits and underwent functional near-infrared spectroscopy to measure activation in regions-of-interest linked to subcomponents of cognitive control: the right lateral PFC and its involvement in response selection and inhibition/suppression (RS) during a go/no-go task, and the left lateral PFC associated with goal selection, updating, representation, and maintenance (GS) on a tower planning task. Multilevel models revealed that during both RS and GS, Neuroticism and Extraversion were associated with lower and higher levels of activation, respectively. Higher Agreeableness was related to lower activation during RS but also with greater activation during GS. More narrowly defined interpersonal facets subsumed within the broader trait domains were differentially associated with RS- and GS-related neural responses. Taken together, these findings highlight potential avenues of future research to better understand the ways in which the neural processes that subserve cognitive control may underlie interpersonal dispositions.
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- Title
- Interpersonal traits and the neural representations of cognitive control in the prefrontal cortex
- Creators
- Achala H. Rodrigo - University of TorontoStefano Di Domenico - University of TorontoLiam Wright - University of TorontoElizabeth Page-Gould - University of TorontoMarc A. Fournier - University of TorontoHasan Ayaz - Drexel UniversityAnthony C. Ruocco - University of Toronto
- Publication Details
- Cognitive, affective, & behavioral neuroscience, v 22(5), pp 1001-1020
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 20
- Grant note
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ER14-10-185 / Province of Ontario's Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science University of Toronto Scarborough Research Excellence Faculty Scholar award
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000772720000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85127564879
- Other Identifier
- 991019169789304721
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- Behavioral Sciences
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