{"title":"Neural substrates of choking under pressure: A 7T-fMRI study.","authors":"Kanae Ogasawara, Takahiko Koike, Masaki Fukunaga, Ayumi Yoshioka, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Norihiro Sadato","doi":"10.1016/j.neures.2024.11.004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Perform ance decrement under excessive psychological pressure is known as \"choking,\" yet its mechanisms and neural foundations remain underexplored. Hypothesizing that changes in the internal model could induce choking, we conducted a 7T functional MRI introducing excessive pressure through a rare Jackpot condition that offers high rewards for successful performance. Twenty-nine volunteers underwent a visual reaching task. We monitored practice and main sessions to map the task's internal model through learning. Participants were pre-informed of four potential reward conditions upon success at the beginning of the main session task. The success rates in the Jackpot condition were significantly lower than in other conditions, indicative of choking. During the preparation phase, activations in the cerebellum and the middle temporal visual area (hMT+) were associated with Jackpot-specific failures. The cluster in the cerebellar hemisphere overlapped with the internal model regions identified by a learning-related decrease in activation during the practice session. We observed task-specific functional connectivity between the cerebellum and hMT+. These findings suggest a lack of sensory attenuation when an internal model predicting the outcome of one's actions is preloaded during motor preparation. Within the active inference framework of motor control, choking stems from the cerebellum's internal model modulation by psychological pressure, manifested through improper sensory attenuation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19146,"journal":{"name":"Neuroscience Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Neuroscience Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2024.11.004","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Perform ance decrement under excessive psychological pressure is known as "choking," yet its mechanisms and neural foundations remain underexplored. Hypothesizing that changes in the internal model could induce choking, we conducted a 7T functional MRI introducing excessive pressure through a rare Jackpot condition that offers high rewards for successful performance. Twenty-nine volunteers underwent a visual reaching task. We monitored practice and main sessions to map the task's internal model through learning. Participants were pre-informed of four potential reward conditions upon success at the beginning of the main session task. The success rates in the Jackpot condition were significantly lower than in other conditions, indicative of choking. During the preparation phase, activations in the cerebellum and the middle temporal visual area (hMT+) were associated with Jackpot-specific failures. The cluster in the cerebellar hemisphere overlapped with the internal model regions identified by a learning-related decrease in activation during the practice session. We observed task-specific functional connectivity between the cerebellum and hMT+. These findings suggest a lack of sensory attenuation when an internal model predicting the outcome of one's actions is preloaded during motor preparation. Within the active inference framework of motor control, choking stems from the cerebellum's internal model modulation by psychological pressure, manifested through improper sensory attenuation.
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