<P> Suppression of a stimulus that elicits an interfering response, enabling a person to complete the primary response . Interference control can also refer to suppressing distractors . </P> <P> Interference control has been measured using cognitive tasks like the stroop test, flanker tasks, dual task interference, and priming tasks . Personality researchers have used the Rothbart effortful control measures and the conscientiousness scale of the Big Five as inventory measures of interference control . Based on imaging and neural research it is theorized that the anterior cingulate, the dorsolateral prefrontal / premotor cortex, and the basal ganglia are related to interference control . </P> <P> Cognitive inhibition is the suppression of unwanted or irrelevant thoughts to protect working memory and attention resources . </P> <P> Cognitive inhibition is most often measured through tests of directed ignoring, self - report on one's intrusive thoughts, and negative priming tasks . As with interference control, personality psychologists have measured cognitive inhibition using the Rothbart Effortful Control scale and the Big Five Conscientiousness scale . The anterior cingulate, the prefrontal regions, and the association cortex seem to be involved in cognitive inhibition . </P>

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