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Effects of multitasking and task interruptions on task performance and cognitive load: considering the moderating role of individual resilience
Given the complex presentation of multi-source information and the intertwining and fusion of task types, multitasking and task interruptions have...
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Reward-based modulation of task-switching performance: a diffusion model analysis
Investigating the interface between motivation and cognitive control, we conducted two task switching experiments ( N = 96 each) with reward...
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Control strategy under pressure situations: performance pressure conditionally enhances proactive control
Previous research and theories have demonstrated that attentional control plays a crucial role in explaining the choking phenomenon (i.e., the...
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No evidence for cross-paradigm transfer of abstract task knowledge in adults and school-aged children
Cognitive control is a hallmark of human cognition. A large number of studies have focused on the plasticity of cognitive control and examined how...
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Performance-contingent reward increases the use of congruent distracting information
In conflict tasks like the Simon task, participants are instructed to respond to a task-relevant target dimension while ignoring additional...
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The influence of Facebook intrusion and task context on cognitive control
Social networking sites, especially Facebook, have become increasingly popular over the past decades. However, besides the benefits of using...
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Neurocognitive subprocesses of working memory performance
Working memory (WM) has been defined as the active maintenance and flexible updating of goal-relevant information in a form that has limited capacity...
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A Nomothetic Span Approach to the Construct Validation of Sustained Attention Consistency: Re-Analyzing Two Latent-Variable Studies of Performance Variability and Mind-Wandering Self-Reports
The ability to sustain attention consistency is frequently assessed using either objective behavioral measures, such as reaction time (RT)...
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Decreased preparatory activation and inattention to cues suggest lower activation of proactive cognitive control among high procrastinating students
Procrastination is a voluntary delay in completing an important task while being aware that this behavior may lead to negative outcomes. It has been...
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A novel protocol to induce mental fatigue
Mental fatigue is a commonplace human experience which is the focus of a growing body of research. Whilst researchers in numerous disciplines have...
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Perceptual and response factors in the gradual onset continuous performance tasks
Using a novel gradual onset continuous performance task (gradCPT), recent research has uncovered a brain network of the sustained attention ability,...
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Overnight changes to dual-memory processes reflected in speech-perceptual performance
Adults’ ability to attain and retain nonnative speech sound categories vary substantially among individuals. While we know that speech-perceptual...
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Toward a formal theory of proactivity
Beyond merely reacting to their environment and impulses, people have the remarkable capacity to proactively set and pursue their own goals. The...
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Comparing the functional neuroanatomy of proactive and reactive control between patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls
Cognitive control deficits are associated with impaired executive functioning in schizophrenia. The Dual Mechanisms of Control framework suggests...
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The influence of context representations on cognitive control states
Cognitive control operates via two distinct mechanisms, proactive and reactive control. These control states are engaged differentially, depending on...
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Relating Dispositional Mindfulness and Long-Term Mindfulness Training with Executive Functioning, Emotion Regulation, and Well-Being in Pre-adolescents
The present study examined whether both dispositional mindfulness without mindfulness training and mindfulness resulting from longer-term mindfulness...
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Development of proactive control in school-age children and its relationship with working memory
Proactive control, the ability to maintain task-relevant information in preparation for upcoming targets, has been shown to critically depend on...
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Dual mechanisms of cognitive control in mindful individuals
Not much research has adopted a multicomponent approach to examine the relationship between mindfulness and cognitive control. Studies addressing...
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The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement is Mediated and Moderated by Executive Functions
Executive function is an underlying mechanism linking family socioeconomic status (SES) and academic achievement. Previous studies mainly...
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Patience is a virtue: Individual differences in cue-evoked pupil responses under temporal certainty
Attention control is often examined behaviorally by measuring task performance and self-reported mind wandering. However, recent studies have also...
