Prioritizing information during working memory: beyond sustained internal attention

NE Myers, MG Stokes, AC Nobre - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
Working memory (WM) has limited capacity. This leaves attention with the important role of
allowing into storage only the most relevant information. It is increasingly evident that …

Neural perspectives on cognitive control development during childhood and adolescence

EA Crone, N Steinbeis - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
Since the discovery that patients with damage to the prefrontal cortex (PFC) show similar
deficits in cognitive control as young children, the PFC model of cognitive control …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral and neural correlates of executive functioning in musicians and non-musicians

J Zuk, C Benjamin, A Kenyon, N Gaab - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Executive functions (EF) are cognitive capacities that allow for planned, controlled behavior
and strongly correlate with academic abilities. Several extracurricular activities have been …

Functional role of the supplementary and pre-supplementary motor areas

P Nachev, C Kennard, M Husain - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
The supplementary motor complex consists of the supplementary motor area, the
supplementary eye field and the pre-supplementary motor area. In recent years, these areas …

A functional architecture of the human brain: emerging insights from the science of emotion

KA Lindquist, LF Barrett - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2012 - cell.com
The 'faculty psychology'approach to the mind, which attempts to explain mental function in
terms of categories that reflect modular 'faculties', such as emotions, cognitions, and …

Executive function

SM Carlson, PD Zelazo, S Faja - 2013 - academic.oup.com
Executive Function | The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology, Vol. 1Body and Mind |
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Evidence for a frontoparietal control system revealed by intrinsic functional connectivity

JL Vincent, I Kahn, AZ Snyder… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Two functionally distinct, and potentially competing, brain networks have been recently
identified that can be broadly distinguished by their contrasting roles in attention to the …

Development of cognitive control and executive functions from 4 to 13 years: Evidence from manipulations of memory, inhibition, and task switching

MC Davidson, D Amso, LC Anderson, A Diamond - Neuropsychologia, 2006 - Elsevier
Predictions concerning development, interrelations, and possible independence of working
memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility were tested in 325 participants (roughly 30 per …

A dual-networks architecture of top-down control

NUF Dosenbach, DA Fair, AL Cohen… - Trends in cognitive …, 2008 - cell.com
Complex systems ensure resilience through multiple controllers acting at rapid and slower
timescales. The need for efficient information flow through complex systems encourages …

Distinct brain networks for adaptive and stable task control in humans

NUF Dosenbach, DA Fair, FM Miezin… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Control regions in the brain are thought to provide signals that configure the brain's moment-
to-moment information processing. Previously, we identified regions that carried signals …