Humans require a plethora of higher cognitive skills to perform executive functions, such as
reasoning, planning, language and social interactions, which are regulated predominantly …

Cognitive flexibility, the readiness with which one can selectively switch between mental
processes to generate appropriate behavioral responses, develops in a protracted manner …

Abstract Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by maladaptive patterns of
repetitive, inflexible cognition and behavior that suggest a lack of cognitive flexibility …

Goal-directed action in changing environments requires a dynamic balance between
complementary control modes, which serve antagonistic adaptive functions (eg, to shield …

Disadvantageous decision‐making and impaired volitional control over actions, thoughts,
and emotions are characteristics of a wide range of mental disorders such as addiction …

Self-regulation refers to controlling our emotions and actions in the pursuit of higher-order
goals. Although research suggests commonalities in the cognitive control of emotion and …

College students worldwide and in Turkey face many biopsychosocial spiritual and
economic issues, in part due to developmental and contextual factors. Understanding these …

Cognitive flexibility enables appropriate responses to a changing environment and is
associated with positive life outcomes. Adolescence, with its increased focus on transitioning …

Resilience is the maintenance and/or quick recovery of mental health during and after
periods of adversity. It is conceptualized to result from a dynamic process of successful …

Biologically based senescence processes and cumulative opportunities for experience
collectively give rise to profound changes in cognition in later adulthood, the trajectories of …