Pupillometry research has experienced an enormous revival in the last two decades. Here
we briefly review the surge of recent studies on task-evoked pupil dilation in the context of …

It has been argued that emotion, pain and cognitive control are functionally segregated in
distinct subdivisions of the cingulate cortex. However, recent observations encourage a …

Conflict-monitoring theory proposes that conflict between incompatible responses is
registered by a dedicated monitoring system, and that this conflict signal triggers changes of …

Human beings have an astonishing ability to carry out and control complex behavior, and,
moreover, they seem to do so without much effort and conscious awareness about the …

Human faces express emotions, informing others about their affective states. In order to
measure expressions of emotion, facial Electromyography (EMG) has widely been used …

Response conflicts play a prominent role in the flexible adaptation of behavior as they
represent context-signals that indicate the necessity for the recruitment of cognitive control …

Abstract Botvinick, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 7: 356–366 (2007)
recently suggested that competing theories of the monitoring function of the anterior …

Cognitive demands in response conflict paradigms trigger negative affect and avoidance
behavior. However, not all response conflict studies show increases in physiological indices …

Recently, positive affect has been reported to reduce cognitive conflicts and adaptations
related to conflict control. van Steenbergen et al. proposed that the aversive quality of …

Adapting to changing task demands is one of the hallmarks of human cognition. According
to an influential theory, the conflict monitoring theory, the adaptation of information …