Selective attention, the ability to focus our cognitive resources on information relevant to our
goals, influences working memory (WM) performance. Indeed, attention and working …

The prefrontal cortex (PFC)—the most evolved brain region—subserves our highest-order
cognitive abilities. However, it is also the brain region that is most sensitive to the detrimental …

Extensive evidence suggests that the human ability to adaptively implement a wide variety of
tasks is preferentially a result of the operation of a fronto-parietal brain network (FPN). We …

An update to the classic text that links neuroscience and human behavior in the context of
therapy. This groundbreaking book explores the recent revolution in psychotherapy that has …

Abstract Serotonergic hallucinogens, such as (+)-lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, and
mescaline, are somewhat enigmatic substances. Although these drugs are derived from …

Working memory (WM) enables the online maintenance and manipulation of information
and is central to intelligent cognitive functioning. Much research has investigated executive …

Solving the problem of consciousness remains one of the biggest challenges in modern
science. One key step towards understanding consciousness is to empirically narrow down …

A long-standing debate in reading research is whether printed words are perceived in a
feedforward manner on the basis of orthographic information, with other representations …

Selective attention filters information to limit what is encoded and maintained in working
memory. Although the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is central to both selective attention and …

The symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) involve impairments in
prefrontal cortical top-down regulation of attention and behavior. All current pharmacological …