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. 2013 Aug 3;30(1):141–152. doi: 10.1007/s12264-013-1372-5

Attentional orienting and response inhibition: insights from spatial-temporal neuroimaging

Yin Tian 1,2,✉, Shanshan Liang 1, Dezhong Yao 2,✉
PMCID: PMC5562569  PMID: 23913307

Abstract

Attentional orienting and response inhibition have largely been studied separately. Each has yielded important findings, but controversy remains concerning whether they share any neurocognitive processes. These conflicting findings may originate from two issues: (1) at the cognitive level, attentional orienting and response inhibition are typically studied in isolation; and (2) at the technological level, a single neuroimaging method is typically used to study these processes. This article reviews recent achievements in both spatial and temporal neuroimaging, emphasizing the relationship between attentional orienting and response inhibition. We suggest that coordinated engagement, both top-down and bottom-up, serves as a common neural mechanism underlying these two cognitive processes. In addition, the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex may play a major role in their harmonious operation.

Keywords: attentional orienting, response inhibition, bottom-up driven, top-down control, event-related potentials, functional magnetic resonance imaging

Contributor Information

Yin Tian, Email: tiany20032003@163.com.

Dezhong Yao, Email: dyao@uestc.edu.cn.

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