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Cognitive process
Inhibitory control, also known as response inhibition, is a cognitive process – and, more specifically, an executive function – that permits an individual to inhibit their impulses and natural, habitual, or dominant behavioral responses to stimuli in order to select a more appropriate behavior that is consistent with completing their goals. Self-control is an important aspect of inhibitory control. For example, successfully suppressing the natural behavioral response to eat cake when one is craving it while dieting requires the use of inhibitory control. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Inhibitory controlA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Neural mechanisms of domain-general inhibitory controlInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Introduction to psycholinguisticsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Impulsivity and Inhibitory ControlCited 1,021 times
- Go sideways: Executive functionsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Cognitive inhibitionA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Synonym of response inhibition.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Impulsivity and Inhibitory Control
A unified framework for inhibitory control
Inhibitory Plasticity: Balance, Control, and Codependence
Inhibitory control of the excitatory/inhibitory balance in psychiatric disorders
A Hierarchical Model of Inhibitory Control
Cortical inhibitory interneurons control sensory processing
The inhibitory control reflex
Inhibitory control of hippocampal inhibitory neurons
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Introduction to psycholinguisticsMatthew J. Traxler · 2011
Computational modelling in behavioural neuroscienceDietmar Heinke, Eirini Mavritsaki · 2009
Models of horizontal eye movementsJohn D. Enderle · 2010
Neural basis of motivational and cognitive controlRogier B. Mars · 2011
Inhibitory control and drug abuse preventionMichael T. Bardo, Diana H. Fishbein · 2011
International Review of NeurobiologyRonald J. Bradley · 2005
MifRichard Bucala · 2007
Human behavior, learning, and the developing brainKurt W. Fischer, Geraldine Dawson · 2006
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