A core component of cognitive control–the ability to regulate thoughts and actions in
accordance with internally represented behavioral goals–might be its intrinsic variability. In …

Currently, production and comprehension are regarded as quite distinct in accounts of
language processing. In rejecting this dichotomy, we instead assert that producing and …

Persistent neuronal spiking has long been considered the mechanism underlying working
memory, but recent proposals argue for alternative 'activity-silent'substrates. Using monkey …

Over half a century of research focused on understanding how working memory is capacity
constrained has overshadowed the fact that it is also remarkably resistant to interference …

Our goal in this paper is to understand the extent to which, and under what conditions,
executive functions (EFs) play a role in reading comprehension processes. We begin with a …

We examined the neural basis of self-regulation in individuals from a cohort of preschoolers
who performed the delay-of-gratification task 4 decades ago. Nearly 60 individuals, now in …

Information that has been recently perceived or remembered can bias current processing.
This has been viewed as both a corrupting (eg, proactive interference in short-term memory) …

Forming connections between human performance and design, this new edition of
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance examines human–machine interaction …

The role of serotonin in depression and antidepressant treatment remains unresolved
despite decades of research. In this paper, we make three major claims. First, serotonin …

In the 1960s, Mischel and colleagues developed a simple 'marshmallow test'to measure
preschoolers' ability to delay gratification. In numerous follow-up studies over 40 years, this …