One of the most influential ideas in recent decades in the cognitive psychology literature is
conflict monitoring theory. According to this account, each time we experience a conflict (eg …

Cognitive control covers a broad range of cognitive functions, but its research and theories
typically remain tied to a single domain. Here we outline and review an associative learning …

The primary aim of this chapter is to provide a framework to understand and synthesize the
processes of person construal—early perceptions that lead to initial ingroup/outgroup …

Abstract “Cognitive control” describes our ability to strategically bias information processing
in line with internal goals. Traditionally, research has focused on delineating the sources of …

Proportion congruent and conflict adaptation are two well known effects associated with
cognitive control. A critical open question is whether they reflect the same or separate …

A large literature on nonverbal behavior demonstrates that information from body cues can
inform our impressions of others. This work, however, has largely focused on perceptions of …

This chapter describes current theory and research related to how and when people are
categorized as members of a social group. Specifically, it outlines four basic principles of this …

Stroop effects can be modulated by context-specific cues associated with different levels of
proportion congruent, even for items that appear equally frequently in each context. This …

Stimulus-driven or reactive control refers to the modulation of attention poststimulus onset
via retrieval of learned control settings associated with task stimuli. The present study asked …

Attention helps us focus on what is most relevant to our goals, and prior work has shown that
aspects of attention can be learned. Learned inattention to parts can abolish holistic …