Human action control relies on representations that integrate perception and action, but the
relevant research is scattered over various experimental paradigms and the theorizing is …

Adaptive behaviour requires the ability to focus on a task and protect it from distraction
(cognitive stability) and to rapidly switch tasks when circumstances change (cognitive …

The past two decades have witnessed an explosion of interest in the cognitive and neural
mechanisms of adaptive control processes that operate in selective attention tasks. This has …

Conflict-monitoring theory proposes that conflict between incompatible responses is
registered by a dedicated monitoring system, and that this conflict signal triggers changes of …

Higher-level cognitive functions are mediated via complex oscillatory activity patterns and its
analysis is dominating cognitive neuroscience research. However, besides oscillatory …

Accounting for how the human mind represents the internal and external world is a crucial
feature of many theories of human cognition. Central to this question is the distinction …

Humans and other primates have a remarkable ability to perform a wide range of tasks and
behaviors, even novel ones, in order to achieve their goals. Further, they are able to shift …

People segregate continuously unfolding experiences into discrete events in memory. This
process, known as event segmentation, results in better memory for the temporal order of …

In conflict tasks, such as the Simon, Eriksen flanker, or Stroop task, the congruency effect is
often reduced after an incongruent compared to a congruent trial: the congruency sequence …

The ability to find the right balance between more persistent and more flexible cognitive‐
control styles is known as “metacontrol.” Recent findings suggest a relevance of aperiodic …