Low perceived control is considered a risk factor for poor cognitive functioning, but the
mechanisms are unclear. The goal of the present study was to analyze anxiety and task …

We considered the functional role of control beliefs for cognitive performance by focusing on
patterns of stability across multiple trials increasing in level of difficulty. We assessed 56 …

Objective: Low control beliefs (CB) are related to objective cognitive functions, but the link
between CB and subjective memory complaints (SMC) is unclear. The aim of this study was …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Recently researchers have theorized that individual
differences in cognitive control (ie, the ability to complete goal-directed behavior by actively …

We examined whether we could enhance memory control beliefs and self–efficacy as well
as improve performance by encouraging strategy use on an episodic memory task …

We examined short-term changes in younger and older adults' control beliefs. Participants
completed measures of general and memory-specific competence and locus of control on …

Midlife has been touted as being a time of peak performance in many different areas of
functioning. In the present study, we investigated whether this was true for cognitive …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the sense of control and cognitive aging. The
chapter reviews the past research investigating the impact of control beliefs on cognitive …

Waldhauser, GT, Johansson, M., Bäckström, M. & Mecklinger, A.(2011). Trait anxiety,
working memory capacity, and the effectiveness of memory suppression. Scandinavian …

We examined whether the relationship between control beliefs and memory performance
varied for young, middle-aged, and older adults and whether strategy use mediated this …