Reward determines the context-sensitivity of cognitive control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1769-1778

  Braem, Senne ^a   Hickey, Clayton ^b,c   Duthoo, Wout ^a   Notebaert, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cognitive control; Reinforcement learning; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913600466     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037554     Document Type: Article

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