[HTML][HTML] Examining cognitive flexibility and stability through the lens of dynamical systems

S Musslick, A Bizyaeva - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Dynamical system models capture temporal dynamics of cognitive flexibility.•In
doing so, they explain respective behavioral and neural correlates.•Dynamical system …

Does cognitive control have a general stability/flexibility tradeoff problem?

U Mayr, D Grätz - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•It is often argued that cognitive control is either stable or flexible, but not both.•Yet,
task-switching research shows that stability and flexibility can co-occur.•Tradeoffs are often …

Math anxiety and the shifting function: An event‐related potential study of arithmetic task switching

B González‐Gómez, MI Núñez‐Peña… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Why is math anxiety usually related to less efficient math processing? According to
attentional control theory, anxiety leads to reduced attentional control, which often entails a …

Is the juice worth the squeeze? Learning the marginal value of mental effort over time.

AR Otto, S Braem, M Silvetti… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
In keeping with the view that individuals invest cognitive effort in accordance with its relative
costs and benefits, reward incentives typically improve performance in tasks that require …

Performance errors influence voluntary task choices.

MWH Spitzer, A Kiesel, D Dignath - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Humans adjust their behavior after they have committed an error, but it is unclear whether
and how error commissions influence voluntary task choices. In the present article, we …

A random-object-kinematogram plugin for web-based research: implementing oriented objects enables varying coherence levels and stimulus congruency levels

Y Strittmatter, MWH Spitzer, A Kiesel - Behavior Research Methods, 2023 - Springer
One of the recent major advances in cognitive psychology research has been the option of
web-based in addition to lab-based experimental research. This option fosters experimental …

Is the juice worth the squeeze? Learning the marginal value of mental effort over time

AR Otto, S Braem, M Silvetti, E Vassena - 2021 - osf.io
In keeping with the view that individuals invest cognitive effort in accordance with its relative
costs and benefits, reward incentives typically improve performance in tasks that require …

A jsPsych touchscreen extension for behavioral research on touch-enabled interfaces

Y Strittmatter, MWH Spitzer, N Ging-Jehli… - Behavior Research …, 2024 - Springer
Online experiments are increasingly gaining traction in the behavioral sciences. Despite
this, behavioral researchers have largely continued to use keyboards as the primary input …

Task performance errors and rewards affect voluntary task choices

MWH Spitzer, S Musslick, J Janz, A Kiesel… - Psychological …, 2024 - Springer
Humans are remarkably flexible in adapting their behavior to current demands. It has been
suggested that the decision which of multiple tasks to perform is based on a variety of factors …

Task performance errors and rewards affect voluntary task choices

Humans are remarkably flexible in adapting their behavior to current demands. It has been
suggested that the decision which of multiple tasks to perform is based on a variety of factors …