TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bartley, Jessica E.
AU  - Boeving, Emily R.
AU  - Riedel, Michael C.
AU  - Bottenhorn, Katherine L.
AU  - Salo, Taylor
AU  - Eickhoff, Simon
AU  - Brewe, Eric
AU  - Sutherland, Matthew T.
AU  - Laird, Angela R.
TI  - Meta-analytic evidence for a core problem solving network across multiple representational domains
JO  - Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews
VL  - 92
SN  - 0149-7634
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier Science
M1  - FZJ-2018-03881
SP  - 318-337
PY  - 2018
N1  - This study was supported by awards from the National Science Foundation (REAL DRL-1420627), the National Institute of Drug Abuse (U24-DA039832, U01-DA041156, K01-DA037819), and the National Institute of Mental Health (R56-MH097870).
AB  - Problem solving is a complex skill engaging multi-stepped reasoning processes to find unknown solutions. The breadth of real-world contexts requiring problem solving is mirrored by a similarly broad, yet unfocused neuroimaging literature, and the domain-general or context-specific brain networks associated with problem solving are not well understood. To more fully characterize those brain networks, we performed activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis on 280 neuroimaging problem solving experiments reporting 3,166 foci from 1,919 individuals across 131 papers. The general map of problem solving revealed broad fronto-cingulo-parietal convergence, regions similarly identified when considering separate mathematical, verbal, and visuospatial problem solving domain-specific analyses. Conjunction analysis revealed a common network supporting problem solving across diverse contexts, and difference maps distinguished functionally-selective sub-networks specific to task type. Our results suggest cooperation between representationally specialized sub-network and whole-brain systems provide a neural basis for problem solving, with the core network contributing general purpose resources to perform cognitive operations and manage problem demand. Further characterization of cross-network dynamics could inform neuroeducational studies on problem solving skill development.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:29944961
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000442334200026
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.06.009
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/849758
ER  -