The past few decades have seen a rapid increase in the use of functional near‐infrared
spectroscopy (fNIRS) in cognitive neuroscience. This fast growth is due to the several …

Executive functions (EFs) include high-order cognitive abilities such as working memory,
inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, planning, reasoning, and problem solving. EFs enable …

Prospection—the ability to represent what might happen in the future—is a broad concept
that has been used to characterize a wide variety of future-oriented cognitions, including …

This paper focuses on evidence for mindfulness meditation-related benefits to executive
functioning, processes important for much of human volitional behaviour. Miyake et al.(2000) …

Medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) is among those brain regions having the highest baseline
metabolic activity at rest and one that exhibits decreases from this baseline across a wide …

Abstract “Executive functions” is an umbrella term for functions such as planning, working
memory, inhibition, mental flexibility, as well as the initiation and monitoring of action. The …

▪ Abstract Clinical neuropsychologists have adopted numerous (and sometimes conflicting)
approaches to the assessment of brain-behavior relationships. We review the historical …

When we leave our closet, and engage in the common affairs of life,(reason's) conclusions
seem to vanish, like the phantoms of the night on the appearance of the morning; and'tis …

Moral cognitive neuroscience is an emerging field of research that focuses on the neural
basis of uniquely human forms of social cognition and behaviour. Recent functional imaging …

Through evolution, humans have acquired'higher'cognitive skills—such as language,
reasoning and planning—and complex social behaviour. Evidence from neuropsychological …