Cognition Without Control: When a Little Frontal Lobe Goes a Long Way  

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Thompson-Schill, Sharon L. ; Ramscar, Michael ; Chrysikou, Evangelia

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Current Directions in Psychological Science vol. 18 no. 05 (Oct. 2009), page 259-263.
Topik: Cognitive Control; Developmental; Frontal Lobe; Creativity
Fulltext: 02. Cognition Without Control - When a Little Frontal Lobe Goes a Long Way.pdf (153.86KB)

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The prefrontal cortex is crucial for the ability to regulate thought and control behavior. The development of the human cerebral cortex is characterized by an extended period of maturation during which young children exhibit marked deficits in cognitive control. We contend that prolonged prefrontal immaturity is, on balance, advantageous and that the positive consequences of this developmental trajectory outweigh the negative. Particularly, we argue that cognitive control impedes convention learning and that delayed prefrontal maturation is a necessary adaptation for human learning of social and linguistic conventions. We conclude with a discussion of recent observations that are relevant to this claim of evolutionary trade-offs in a wide range of research areas, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders, creativity, and sleep.

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