A goal activation approach to the study of executive function: An application to antisaccade tasks
A goal activation approach to the study of executive function: An application to antisaccade tasks
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DOI：
10.1016/j.bandc.2003.12.002
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发表时间：
2004-11-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
de Jong, R
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作者：
Nieuwenhuis, S;Broerse, A;de Jong, R
我们认为，负责激活和维持任务目标的一般控制过程是执行功能概念的核心。这一过程的失败可以表现为目标忽视：忽视任务要求，即使它已经被理解(Duncan，1995)。我们讨论了使用不同版本的反眼跳任务的几个已发表的和新的实验的结果，以调查目标忽视可能发生的情况。文献中关于眼跳运动的适应性控制的潜在相互矛盾的结果被认为归因于不同任务版本引起目标忽视的程度。结果表明，高功能老年人(实验1)和首发精神分裂症患者(实验2)对目标忽视的易感性增加，但强迫症患者(实验3)没有。然而，这种敏感度的差异在任务表现中变得明显的程度，被证明受到任务要求的相对显着性的操纵的强烈影响。讨论了执行功能研究的理论和方法论意义。(C)2004 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
We argue that a general control process, responsible for the activation and maintenance of task goals, is central to the concept of executive function. Failures of this process can become manifest as goal neglect: disregard of a task requirement even though it has been understood (Duncan, 1995). We discuss the results of several published and new experiments using various versions of the anti-saccade task in order to investigate the circumstances under which goal neglect is likely to occur. Potentially conflicting results in the literature on adaptive control of saccadic eye movements are argued to be attributable to the extent to which different task versions elicit goal neglect. The results suggest an increased susceptibility to goal neglect of high-functioning older adults (Experiment 1) and of first-episode schizophrenia patients (Experiment 2), but not of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (Experiment 3). However, the degree to which such differences in susceptibility become manifest in task performance, is shown to be strongly influenced by manipulations of the relative saliency of task requirements. Theoretical and methodological implications for the study of executive function are discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.