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Meta-analytic evidence for a core problem solving network across multiple representational domains
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, v 92, pp 318-337
Sep 2018
PMCID: PMC6425494
PMID: 29944961
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Abstract
•Identified meta-analytic brain networks associated with diverse problem solving tasks.•A shared managerial and attentional network supports generalized problem solving.•Problem solving within content areas engages representationally specific sub-networks.•Problem solving relies on cooperation between sub-network and whole-brain systems.
Problem solving is a complex skill engaging multi-stepped reasoning processes to find unknown solutions. The breadth of real-world contexts requiring problem solving is mirrored by a similarly broad, yet unfocused neuroimaging literature, and the domain-general or context-specific brain networks associated with problem solving are not well understood. To more fully characterize those brain networks, we performed activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis on 280 neuroimaging problem solving experiments reporting 3166 foci from 1919 individuals across 131 papers. The general map of problem solving revealed broad fronto-cingulo-parietal convergence, regions similarly identified when considering separate mathematical, verbal, and visuospatial problem solving domain-specific analyses. Conjunction analysis revealed a common network supporting problem solving across diverse contexts, and difference maps distinguished functionally-selective sub-networks specific to task type. Our results suggest cooperation between representationally specialized sub-network and whole-brain systems provide a neural basis for problem solving, with the core network contributing general purpose resources to perform cognitive operations and manage problem demand. Further characterization of cross-network dynamics could inform neuroeducational studies on problem solving skill development.
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- Title
- Meta-analytic evidence for a core problem solving network across multiple representational domains
- Creators
- Jessica E. Bartley - Florida International UniversityEmily R. Boeving - Florida International UniversityMichael C. Riedel - Florida International UniversityKatherine L. Bottenhorn - Florida International UniversityTaylor Salo - Florida International UniversitySimon B. Eickhoff - Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfEric Brewe - Drexel UniversityMatthew T. Sutherland - Florida International UniversityAngela R. Laird - Florida International University
- Publication Details
- Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, v 92, pp 318-337
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000442334200026
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85049302244
- Other Identifier
- 991019168424204721
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