There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
leisure activities (voluntary, enjoyable non-work activities, such as hobbies, arts …

We have come to recognize the brain as a predictive organ, anticipating attributes of the
incoming sensory stimulation to guide perception and action in the service of adaptive …

Selective attention comprises essential infrastructural functions supporting cognition—
anticipating, prioritizing, selecting, routing, integrating, and preparing signals to guide …

Maintaining attention for more than a few seconds is essential for mastering everyday life.
Yet, our ability to stay focused on a particular task is limited, resulting in well-known …

The task-switching paradigm offers enormous possibilities to study cognitive control as well
as task interference. The current review provides an overview of recent research on both …

Simple reaction time (SRT), the minimal time needed to respond to a stimulus, is a basic
measure of processing speed. SRTs were first measured by Francis Galton in the 19th …

This paper reviews the literature on the Nl wave of the human auditory evoked potential. It
concludes that at least six different cerebral processes can contribute to (he negative wave …

We all have a sense of time. Yet, there are no sensory receptors specifically dedicated for
perceiving time. It is an almost uniquely intangible sensation: we cannot see time in the way …

Brain-electric correlates of reading have traditionally been studied with word-by-word
presentation, a condition that eliminates important aspects of the normal reading process …

Participants performed choice reaction time (RT) tasks on 2-dimensional stimuli such that
each task was based on 1 stimulus dimension. A cue preceded the target stimulus and …