Conflict-monitoring theory proposes that conflict between incompatible responses is
registered by a dedicated monitoring system, and that this conflict signal triggers changes of …

Cognitive control theory suggests that goal-directed behavior is governed by a dynamic
interplay between areas of the prefrontal cortex. Critical to cognitive control is the detection …

In studies of event-related brain potentials (ERPs), numerous decisions about data
processing are required to extract ERP scores from continuous data. Unfortunately, the …

Literature investigating whether an individuals' sex affects their executive control abilities
and performance on cognitive tasks in a normative population has been contradictory and …

The error-related negativity (ERN) is an event-related potential (ERP) component that is
widely used to study human performance monitoring. However, substantial methodological …

The number of studies investigating sex differences in executive functions, particularly those
using human functional neuroimaging techniques, has risen dramatically in the past decade …

Intact cognitive control is critical for goal‐directed behavior and is widely studied using the
error‐related negativity (ERN). A common assumption in such studies is that ERNs recorded …

Sexual dimorphisms have been observed in many species, including humans and extend to
the prevalence and presentation of important mental disorders associated with performance …

Psychophysiological research is an inherently complex undertaking due to the nature of the
data, and its analysis is characterized by many decision points that shape the final dataset …

A cognitive intervention that may reduce weight and caloric intake is inhibitory control
training (ICT; having individuals repeatedly withhold dominant responses to unhealthy food …