To adapt or not to adapt: The question of domain-general cognitive control

Cognition

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 637-651

  Kan, Irene P ^a   Teubner Rhodes, Susan ^b   Drummey, Anna B ^a   Nutile, Lauren ^a   Krupa, Lauren ^a   Novick, Jared M ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Conflict adaptation; Conflict monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP TEST; THEORY;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; CONFLICT ADAPTATION; CONFLICT MONITORING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884915435     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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