Inhibitory Control

• A good survey: Executive Functions from National Library of Medicine.
• The first of three Executive Functions.

Elements

• Interference Control, which can be at two levels:
  • Perceptive Inhibition = Selectively paying attention, aka inhibitory control of attention.
  • Cognitive Inhibition = Suppressing prepotent mental representations, resisting emotions and thoughts, including intentional forgetting.
• Self-control = Control over behavior or control over emotions in service for control over behavior.
  • Resisting temptations and not acting impulsively.
  • Having the discipline to stay on task despite distractions/temptations to give up/leisure/more interesting tasks. Which is related to the final aspect of self-control:
  • Delaying gratification.

Interference Control seems not to be the issue. It's Self-Control!

Discussions

• Stroop Task presents color words in different fonts
• Inhibitory Control in the childhood predicts future development in the adulthoods accurately.