Previous literature has reported enhanced affective and attentional responses to faces with
a direct vs. averted gaze. Typically, in these studies, only single faces were presented …

How do people prepare for the presentation of distractors, if at all? Previous studies have
shown that sometimes, paradoxically, observers actively allocate attention to expected …

Ironic processing refers to the phenomenon where attempting to resist doing something
results in a person doing that very thing. Here, we report three experiments investigating the …

Our visual system is inundated with distracting objects that vie for our attention. While visual
attention selects relevant information, inhibitory mechanisms might be useful to suppress the …

Different approaches to stimulating perceptions in learning can be easily designed with
technology-enhanced learning systems. This study aimed to explore how different …

Many mathematics problems can be solved in different ways or by using different strategies.
Good knowledge of arithmetic principles is important for identifying and using strategies that …

This dissertation will investigate which brain mechanisms are involved in proactive and
reactive cognitive control across the lifespan, how the function of those brain mechanisms is …

The cognitive aging literature suggests that aging populations exhibit impairments in the
proactive inhibition of attention. Although proactive inhibition is often preceded by the …

Conceptual knowledge of key principles underlying arithmetic is an important precursor to
understanding algebra and success in mathematics. One such principle is associativity …

To examine behavioural and electrophysiological effects associated with the intentional
suppression of spatial locations, a task was employed which cued to-be-ignored locations …