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 …

Cognitive impairment is a common non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), but the
nature of cognitive changes varies considerably between individuals. According to the dual …

Background The use of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to study anatomical
and physiological dynamics and circuits supporting cognition and executive functions in …

There is considerable variability in the quantification of event‐related potential (ERP)
amplitudes and latencies. We examined susceptibility of ERP quantification measures to …

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

Response conflicts play a prominent role in the flexible adaptation of behavior as they
represent context-signals that indicate the necessity for the recruitment of cognitive control …

Three studies examined the hypothesis that bilinguals can more rapidly disengage attention
from irrelevant information than monolinguals by investigating the impact of previous trial …

The current study investigated the influence of acute psychological stress on selective
attention processes. After an acute stressor or a control condition, 20 participants performed …

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 …

What do perceptually bistable figures, sentences vulnerable to misinterpretation and the
Stroop task have in common? Although seemingly disparate, they all contain elements of …