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- Title
Adapting to Change: The Role of the Right Hemisphere in Mental Model Building and Updating.
- Authors
Filipowicz, Alex; Anderson, Britt; Danckert, James
- Abstract
We recently proposed that the right hemisphere plays a crucial role in the processes underlying mental model building and updating. Here, we review the evidence we and others have garnered to support this novel account of right hemisphere function. We begin by presenting evidence from patient work that suggests a critical role for the right hemisphere in the ability to learn from the statistics in the environment (model building) and adapt to environmental change (model updating). We then provide a review of neuroimaging research that highlights a network of brain regions involved in mental model updating. Next, we outline specific roles for particular regions within the network such that the anterior insula is purported to maintain the current model of the environment, the medial prefrontal cortex determines when to explore new or alternative models, and the inferior parietal lobule represents salient and surprising information with respect to the current model. We conclude by proposing some future directions that address some of the outstanding questions in the field of mental model building and updating.
- Subjects
CEREBRAL hemispheres; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); BRAIN injuries; ECOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PARIETAL lobe; MATHEMATICAL models of psychology; THOUGHT &; thinking; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale, 2016, Vol 70, Issue 3, p201
- ISSN
1196-1961
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1037/cep0000078