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 …

Why is it that behaviors that rely on control, so striking in their diversity and flexibility, are
also subject to such striking limitations? Typically, people cannot engage in more than a few …

Cognitive control (with the closely related concepts of attention control and executive
function) encompasses the collection of processes that are involved in generating and …

The facility with which humans perform and shift among a wide variety of cognitive tasks
seems to indicate a mechanism for entering into a task-dependent mode or set. However …

Humans are able to rapidly perform novel tasks, but show pervasive performance costs
when attempting to do two things at once. Traditionally, empirical and theoretical …

The human brain has the impressive capacity to adapt how it processes information to high-
level goals. While it is known that these cognitive control skills are malleable and can be …

Cognitive control enables humans to flexibly switch between different thoughts and actions.
An important prerequisite for this cognitive flexibility is the human ability to form and apply …

Psychological and neurobiological theories of cognitive control must account for flexible,
seemless transitions among cognitive operations. When subjects switch between tasks, they …

In this chapter, we address a particular type of attentional phenomenon--that associated with
cognitive control. Furthermore, we focus on an account that addresses not only the …

This chapter reviews the original formulations of the distinction between controlled and
automatic processing. This review is intended to be useful in at least two ways: as a guide to …