The popular go/no-go paradigm is supposed to ensure a reliable probing of response
inhibition mechanisms. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have …

Binge drinking (BD) is a public health concern with serious implications for brain
development. This review is the first in which neuropsychological studies of healthy young …

This landmark volume offers a collection of conceptual papers and data-based research
studies that investigate the dynamics of language learning motivation from a complex …

The selection of actions, and the vigor with which they are executed, are influenced by the
affective valence of predicted outcomes. This interaction between action and valence …

Volition refers to a capacity for endogenous action, particularly goal-directed endogenous
action, shared by humans and some other animals. It has long been controversial whether a …

The motor cortex is a large frontal structure in the cerebral cortex of eutherian mammals. A
vast array of evidence implicates the motor cortex in the volitional control of motor output, but …

Although mind-wandering occupies up to half of our waking thoughts, it is seldom discussed
in philosophy. My paper brings these neglected thoughts into focus. I propose that mind …

Response inhibition is typically considered a hallmark of deliberate executive control. In this
article, we review work showing that response inhibition can also become a 'prepared …

Action-oriented and pragmatic views of cognition, which propose that the action system is
part and parcel of various cognitive functions (eg, perception, memory, and decision …

This metatheoretical paper investigates mind wandering from the perspective of philosophy
of mind. It has two central claims. The first is that, on a conceptual level, mind wandering can …