Open AccessARE MOTOR AND COGNITIVE CONTROL, IMPULSIVITY AND RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOUR AS WELL AS MORAL DECISION MAKING DETERMINED BY THE ACTIVITY OF PREFRONTAL CORTEX DURING STROOP TEST?
Author(s) -
Albertas Skurvydas,
Dovilė Valančienė,
Andrius Šatas,
Dalia Mickevičienė,
Kazys Vadopalas,
Diana Karanauskienė
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
baltic journal of sport and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-8347
pISSN - 2351-6496
DOI - 10.33607/bjshs.v1i108.7
Subject(s) - stroop effect , impulsivity , psychology , prefrontal cortex , cognition , executive functions , brain activity and meditation , cognitive psychology , mood , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , neuroscience , electroencephalography
Background. The main aim of our research was to determine if there was a relationship between prefrontalcortex activity during Stroop test (dependent variables) and variables of “Go/NoGo”, Balloon Analogue Risk Task,impulsivity score, different tests of cognitive functions, moral decisions tests (altruistic or egoistic), Fitts-like motorcontrol task, five character traits, emotional intelligence, mood, sleepiness and perceived stress, total physical activityof subjects (independent variables).Methods.In total, 20 undergraduate students (mean age were 21.3, SD = 1) met the criteria and agreed toparticipate in this study.Results. Our research has shown that different brain functional outcomes, that is speed-accuracy motor control,inhibition response control and cognitive performance, risky-taking behaviour and impulsivity control, managementof emotion, personality consciousness and physical activity have a common correlation with the increase in prefrontalcortex activity (measured by fNIRS) during Stroop test.Conclusion. Our studies have clearly shown that different brain functional outcomes, that is speed-accuracymotor control, inhibition response control and cognitive performance, risky-taking behaviour and impulsivitycontrol, management of emotion, personality consciousness and physical activity have a common correlation withthe increase in prefrontal cortex activity (measured by fNIRS) during Stroop test. Considerable number of studiesare needed to understand what is the functional essence of these relationships, but currently there is an increase ofresearch establishing correlations between motor behaviour and cognition control.