The evolution and devolution of cognitive control: The costs of deliberation in a competitive world

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tomlin, Damon ^a   Rand, David G ^b   Ludvig, Elliot A ^c,d   Cohen, Jonathan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84935897543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11002     Document Type: Article

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