A core component of cognitive control–the ability to regulate thoughts and actions in
accordance with internally represented behavioral goals–might be its intrinsic variability. In …

Autism is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairment of
communication and social interaction, as well as by high levels of repetitive and ritualistic …

Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number
of new theoretical notions, and many new research issues have been generated in the past …

A major challenge in research on executive control is to reveal its functional decomposition
into underlying neural mechanisms. A typical assumption is that this decomposition occurs …

Virtually all working memory (WM) theorists agree that control processes are a critical
component of WM function. Some set of internal mechanisms must be responsible for (1) …

What changes in brain activity are associated with changes in motivational state? The
present study addressed this question by having participants perform a cognitive task (AX …

Research on cognitive aging seems to have three primary goals: first, to determine the
extent to which the diversity of observed behavioral changes that occur with advancing age …

Cognitive control impairments in healthy older adults may partly reflect disturbances in the
ability to actively maintain goal-relevant information, a function that depends on the …

Accounts of decision-making and its neural substrates have long posited the operation of
separate, competing valuation systems in the control of choice behavior. Recent theoretical …

It is becoming increasingly appreciated that affective and/or motivational influences
contribute strongly to goal-oriented cognition and behavior. An unresolved question is …