title: "Don׳t" versus "won׳t": principles, mechanisms, and intention in action inhibition.
abstract: The aim of the present review is to provide a theoretical analysis of the role of intentions in inhibition. We will first outline four dimensions along which inhibition can be categorized: intentionality, timing, specificity, and the nature of the to-be-inhibited action. Next, we relate the concept of inhibition to theories of intentional action. In particular, we integrate ideomotor theory with motor control theories that involve predictive forward modeling of the consequences of one׳s action, and evaluate how the dimensional classification of inhibition fits into such an integrative approach. Furthermore, we will outline testable predictions that derive from this novel hypothesis of ideomotor inhibition. We then discuss the viability of the ideomotor inhibition hypothesis and our classification in view of the available evidence on the neural mechanisms of action inhibition, indicating that sensorimotor and ideomotor inhibition engages largely overlapping networks with additional recruitment of dFMC for ideomotor inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Weesperplein 4, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain & Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 10, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: k.r.ridderinkhof@uva.nl.
authors.forename: K Richard
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Ridderinkhof
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Weesperplein 4, 1018 XA Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain & Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 10, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wery P M
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: van den Wildenberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brass
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D033182:Intention; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Ideomotor control; Intentional inhibition