( ce to knock ‘go?out of the race. It nee...)Racing neurons control whether we stop or go

ce to knock ‘go?out of the race. It needs to react strongly and rapidly after the stop signal is given," Schall said. "If it is successful, the subject stops his or her planned movement. If it is unsuccessful, the subject goes ahead. In individuals with impulse control problems, ‘stop?more often loses the race."

The findings are some of the first to bridge cognitive research and neurophysiology—making the connection between the mind and the brain.

"For years, one group of researchers was looking at what neurons are doing, and a different group of researchers was looking at what people are doing," Palmeri, associate professor of psychology, said. "Now there is a point of contact between decades of important research in neurophysiology and decades of important research in cognitive modeling. Research that has very different histories and approaches is really starting to come together."

"You develop a model to explain behavior and in many ways it’s just made up," Logan said. "But then you find out that it says something about what the neurons are doing, and that’s exciting."
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Source:Vanderbilt University

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