YNiC seminar 30th May

Dear Users This Thursday (YNiC open plan from 4.30 pm) there will be an internal presentation by Philip Quinlan. Philip will be presenting the findings from one of his fMRI projects on multi-tasking. The title of the talk is "Neural multi-tasking and the Left Executive Control Network: Preparing for one task whilst undertaking another". Abstract: This study was aimed at determining the neural underpinnings of how people prepare themselves for events cued to take place in the imminent future. We addressed this in an fMRI setting in which participants made a speeded judgement (either regarding magnitude or parity) about each of a sequence of digits. Immediately, prior to each sequence, a letter either primed participants to expect a task switch for the last digit or it provided no information about which task to expect. Performance on the trials prior to the fourth digit as a function of switch predictability is key. Evidence for task preparation was found that could not have been due to inhibition of a competing task set. A network of regions was more active in the predictable than unpredictable conditions that accords well with the Left DLPFC/Parietal (Left Executive Control) Network that has been established in independent resting state connectivity studies. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided afterwards. Best wishes Rebecca