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. 2001 Sep;11(9):796-805.
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Neural correlates of dual task interference can be dissociated from those of divided attention: an fMRI study
P Herath et al. Cereb Cortex. 2001 Sep.
Abstract
When people perform two tasks simultaneously, the tasks are often executed slower and with more errors than when they are carried out as single tasks. This is called dual task interference. With functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we show that concurrently performed visual and somatosensory reaction time (RT) tasks engage almost identical volumes of cortical and subcortical motor structures. Moreover, dual RT tasks engaged additional cortical regions that are not activated by the component RT tasks had they been performed as single tasks. When the inter-stimulus interval was <300 ms, the first task interfered with the second, and a field in the right inferior frontal gyrus (RIFG) appeared with activity correlated with the increased RT to the second stimulus. This activation was spatially distinct from the cortical activity of the main effect of dual task performance. Thus, the performance of single RT tasks, dual RT tasks and dual RT tasks that interfere differ psychophysically and in the brain structures subserving these tasks. A short occupancy of the common motor structures can explain the interference effect. The increased activity of the RIFG correlated with the interference effect is very likely to be a specific outcome of situations where two concurrent tasks interfere with each other. The brain appears to recruit the RIFG for a subsequent (delayed) response when there is interference between dual tasks.
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