Humans are remarkably limited in:(i) how many control-dependent tasks they can execute
simultaneously, and (ii) how intensely they can focus on a single task. These limitations are …

Humans can learn several tasks in succession with minimal mutual interference but perform
more poorly when trained on multiple tasks at once. The opposite is true for standard deep …

The brain has evolved to produce a diversity of behaviors under stringent computational
resource constraints. Given this limited capacity, how do biological agents balance reward …

A hallmark of adaptation in humans and other animals is our ability to control how we think
and behave across different settings. Research has characterized the various forms …

The complex challenges of our mental life require us to coordinate multiple forms of neural
information processing. Recent behavioural studies have found that people can coordinate …

Understanding the mechanisms enabling the learning and flexible use of knowledge in
context-appropriate ways has been a major focus of research in the study of both semantic …

For flexible goal-directed behavior, prioritizing and selecting a specific action among
multiple candidates are often important. Working memory has long been assumed to play a …

All forms of cognition, whether natural or artificial, are subject to constraints of their
computing architecture. This assumption forms the tenet of virtually all general theories of …

Why do some mental activities feel harder than others? The answer to this question is
surprisingly controversial. Current theories propose that cognitive effort affords a …

How do humans and other animals learn new tasks? A wave of brain recording studies has
investigated how neural representations change during task learning, with a focus on how …