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To Do or Not to Do: The Neural Signature of Self-Control

Marcel Brass and Patrick Haggard
Journal of Neuroscience 22 August 2007, 27 (34) 9141-9145; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0924-07.2007
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    Schematic drawing of the experimental conditions. In the action condition, participants had to initiate a willed action and judge the onset of their intention. In the inhibition condition, they had to initiate an action but then inhibit it in the last moment. Again, they were required to judge the onset of the intention to act. In the tone condition, a tone was presented, and participants had to judge the onset of the tone. max., Maximum.

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    A, Activation in the dFMC for the contrast of inhibition versus action trials. The z-map is thresholded at z > 3.09 (p < 0.001). B, Activation in the left anterior ventral insula for the contrast of inhibition versus action trials.

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    A, Parameter estimates for the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signal in the pre-SMA for the three experimental conditions (inhibition, action, tone). B, Parameter estimates for the BOLD signal in the anterior fronto-median cortex (aFMC) for the three experimental conditions (inhibition, action, tone).

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    Anatomical location of brain activation for inhibition versus action

    Anatomical locationMaximum z valueLateralityTalairach coordinates (x, y, z)
    dFMC3.75Left−2, 41, 32
    Insula4.71Left−31, 8, −6
    Insula3.61Right32, 17, −9
    STS3.44Left−53, −25, −3
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Journal of Neuroscience 22 August 2007, 27 (34) 9141-9145; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0924-07.2007

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