Original source: SimoleonSense.com .
A bit of a tongue twister but probably still worth reading via the wonderful Deric Bownds
Excerpted Abstract (Via Deric Bownds MindBlog)
Cognitive control becomes necessary when routine behavior (e.g., driving a car) is interrupted unexpectedly by information (e.g., a ‘no-go’ stimulus such as a pedestrian crossing the street) that calls for behavioral adaptations (e.g., braking fiercely). Generally speaking, it is thought that one should be conscious of the control-initiating stimulus to implement control and to overcome or to inhibit automatized ongoing behavior (“to regain control”). The recruitment and implementation of such control processes depend strongly on the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which is, of all brain regions, also the one most often associated with conscious experience. Therefore, it seems likely that consciousness and cognitive control are intimately related and this belief is so strong that many authors naturally refer to the concept of “conscious cognitive control” as if “unconscious cognitive control” is inconceivable.
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