Abstract Concepts of cognitive control (CC) and executive function (EF) are defined in terms
of their relationships with goal-directed behavior versus habits and controlled versus …

This review paper provides an integrative account regarding neurophysiological correlates
of positive emotions and affect that cumulatively contribute to the scaffolding for positive …

Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been frequently applied to executive function
measurement since first used to identify a three-factor model of inhibition, updating, and …

Executive functions (EFs) are high-level cognitive processes, often associated with the
frontal lobes, that control lower level processes in the service of goal-directed behavior …

Theoretical perspectives posit that heart-rate variability (HRV) reflects self-regulatory
capacity and therefore can be employed as a bio-marker of top-down self-regulation (the …

A crucial role for working memory in temporary information processing and guidance of
complex behavior has been recognized for many decades. There is emerging consensus …

Self-regulation is a core aspect of adaptive human behavior that has been studied, largely in
parallel, through the lenses of social and personality psychology as well as cognitive …

Three studies compared bilinguals to monolinguals on 15 indicators of executive processing
(EP). Most of the indicators compare a neutral or congruent baseline to a condition that …

Cognitive impairments are now widely acknowledged as an important aspect of major
depressive disorder (MDD), and it has been proposed that executive function (EF) may be …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious and often chronically disabling condition.
The current dominant model of OCD focuses on abnormalities in prefrontal-striatal circuits …