Beta: bursts of cognition

M Lundqvist, EK Miller, J Nordmark, J Liljefors… - Trends in Cognitive …, 2024 - cell.com
Beta oscillations are linked to the control of goal-directed processing of sensory information
and the timing of motor output. Recent evidence demonstrates they are not sustained but …

What are we measuring when we measure task switch costs?

E Hazeltine - Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Task switching experimental procedures use diverse methods and
measures.•This diversity makes it difficult to specify the core processes associated with …

The human subthalamic nucleus transiently inhibits active attentional processes

C Soh, M Hervault, NH Chalkley, CM Moore, A Rohl… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The subthalamic nucleus (STN) of the basal ganglia is key to the inhibitory control of
movement. Consequently, it is a primary target for the neurosurgical treatment of movement …

Beyond stimulus–response rules: Task sets incorporate information about performance difficulty.

R Morales-Torres, T Egner - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
The capacity for goal-directed behavior relies on the generation and implementation of task
sets. While task sets are traditionally defined as mnemonic ensembles linking task goals to …

Tackling addictive behaviors through memory suppression: A scoping review and perspective

NA de Almeida‐Antunes, ACS Sampaio… - Alcohol: Clinical and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Forgetting is often viewed as a human frailty. However, over the years, it has been
considered an adaptive process that allows people to avoid retrieval of undesirable …

The Benefits of Playing Action-Like Video Games on Salience Processing

S Franceschini, G Puccio, S Bertoni, S Gori… - … Journal of Human …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Play is essential for sensorimotor, cognitive and social development, because it enhances
the experience-based long-term plasticity, stimulating the optimal interplay between the …

Attentional spatial cueing of the stop-signal affects the ability to suppress behavioural responses

MT Haque, M Segreti, V Giuffrida, S Ferraina… - Experimental Brain …, 2024 - Springer
The ability to adapt to the environment is linked to the possibility of inhibiting inappropriate
behaviours, and this ability can be enhanced by attention. Despite this premise, the scientific …

Memory control deficits in the sleep-deprived human brain

MO Harrington, T Karapanagiotidis, L Phillips… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Sleep disturbances are associated with intrusive memories, but the neurocognitive
mechanisms underpinning this relationship are poorly understood. Here, we show that an …

Stimulating the medial prefrontal cortex disrupts inhibitory control over memory by modulating frontal and parietal brain regions

A Khan, CHE Ti, K Yuan, MC Garcia, M Anderson… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The act of recalling memories can paradoxically lead to the forgetting of other associated
memories, a phenomenon known as retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF). This effect is thought …

Aversive memories can be weakened during human sleep via the reactivation of positive interfering memories

T Xia, D Chen, S Zeng, Z Yao, J Liu, S Qin, KA Paller… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Recollecting painful or traumatic experiences can be deeply troubling. Sleep may offer an
opportunity to reduce such suffering. We developed a procedure to weaken older aversive …