The regions of interest (ROIs) included the dorsal prefrontal cortex (dPFC), ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), and parietal lobe (PL). The Stroop task is divided into early stage (0–15 s) and ...

The dorsal caudate nucleus interacts with the DLPFC to support monitoring, while the ventral caudate supports complex comparisons and selections executed by the VLPFC. Finally, the posterior ...