Response Selection
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Response Selection
Basic Characteristics
- Description
Response selection is the mental process of choosing representations for appropriate motor behavior given particular environmental stimuli and ones current situation and goals. Many cognitive theories of response selection postulate a unitary process and in most, if not all tasks, one central response is chosen. Response selection uses the prefrontal cortex. Studies have shown that there may be a distinction between areas that perform tasks of spatial response selection which is task performance and response preparation which is task preparation, although they both rely on the same neurocognitive mechanisms. There are various mental illnesses that are associated with response selection, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Schizophrenia.
- History
See history of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Schizophrenia.
- References
Schumacher et al, 2007. Selection and maintenance of stimulus-response rules during preparation and performance of a spatial choice-reaction task. PMID 17223091
Suskauer et al, 2008 Functional magnetic resonance imaging evidence for abnormalities in response selection in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; differences in activation associated with response inhibition but not habitual motor response PMID 18004945
Related Information
- Task or test associated with this construct (vote for your favorite, or nominate a new one by editing this page): Delayed Response, Go/no-go, Motor Impersistence task, Stroop, Set shifting, Trail Making Test, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)
- Indicators (dependent variables, conditions, or contrasts; measurement variables used for analysis) associated with this construct (vote or nominate by editing this page):
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