A paradoxical role for inhibition in initiation.

Journal article

Subliminal stimuli, of which subjects are unaware, affect movements made to subsequent visible cues. Sumner and colleagues in this issue of Neuron show that restricted supplementary motor and eye field lesions compromise voluntary control of action because they disrupt the normal unconscious and automatic inhibition of alternative movements partially activated by subliminal stimuli.

Authors: Rushworth, M; Taylor, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Neuron
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 669-670
• Publication date: 2007-06-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.05.025
• EISSN: 1097-4199
• ISSN: 0896-6273
• Language: English
• Keywords: Neural Inhibition; Movement; Decision Making; Animals; Volition; Unconscious (Psychology); Reflex; Frontal Lobe; Humans; Motor Cortex; Psychomotor Performance