Stimulating self-regulation: A review of non-invasive brain stimulation studies of goal-directed behavior
Stimulating self-regulation: A review of non-invasive brain stimulation studies of goal-directed behavior
Self-regulation enables individuals to guide their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a purposeful manner. Self-regulation is thus crucial for goal-directed behavior and contributes to many consequential outcomes in life including physical health, psychological well-being, ethical decision making, and strong interpersonal relationships. Neuroscientific research has revealed that the prefrontal cortex plays a central role in self-regulation, specifically by exerting top-down control over subcortical regions involved in reward (e.g., striatum) and emotion (e.g., amygdala). To orient readers, we first offer a methodological overview of tDCS and then review experiments using non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (especially transcranial direct current stimulation) to target prefrontal brain regions implicated in self-regulation. We focus on brain stimulation studies of self-regulatory behavior across three broad domains of response: persistence, delay behavior, and impulse control. We suggest that stimulating the prefrontal cortex promotes successful self-regulation by altering the balance in activity between the prefrontal cortex and subcortical regions involved in emotion and reward processing.
Kelley, Nicholas
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Gallucci, Alessia
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Riva, Paolo
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Josefina Romweo Lauro, Leonor
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Schmeichel, Brandon
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18 January 2019
Kelley, Nicholas
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Gallucci, Alessia
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Riva, Paolo
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Josefina Romweo Lauro, Leonor
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Schmeichel, Brandon
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Kelley, Nicholas, Gallucci, Alessia, Riva, Paolo, Josefina Romweo Lauro, Leonor and Schmeichel, Brandon
(2019)
Stimulating self-regulation: A review of non-invasive brain stimulation studies of goal-directed behavior.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12, [337].
(doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00337).
Abstract
Self-regulation enables individuals to guide their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a purposeful manner. Self-regulation is thus crucial for goal-directed behavior and contributes to many consequential outcomes in life including physical health, psychological well-being, ethical decision making, and strong interpersonal relationships. Neuroscientific research has revealed that the prefrontal cortex plays a central role in self-regulation, specifically by exerting top-down control over subcortical regions involved in reward (e.g., striatum) and emotion (e.g., amygdala). To orient readers, we first offer a methodological overview of tDCS and then review experiments using non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (especially transcranial direct current stimulation) to target prefrontal brain regions implicated in self-regulation. We focus on brain stimulation studies of self-regulatory behavior across three broad domains of response: persistence, delay behavior, and impulse control. We suggest that stimulating the prefrontal cortex promotes successful self-regulation by altering the balance in activity between the prefrontal cortex and subcortical regions involved in emotion and reward processing.
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Accepted/In Press date: 21 December 2018
Published date: 18 January 2019
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ISSN: 1662-5153
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