The present article on executive control addresses the issue of the locus of the Stroop effect
by examining neurophysiological components marking conflict monitoring, interference …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that rare and unexpected changes in an otherwise
repetitive or structured sound sequence ineluctably break through selective attention and …

An advantage for bilingual relative to monolingual young adults has been found for cognitive
control tasks, although this finding is not consistent in the literature. The present …

For as long as half a century the Simon task–in which participants respond to a nonspatial
stimulus feature while ignoring its position–has represented a very popular tool to study a …

Efficient action control is indispensable for goal-directed behaviour. Different theories have
stressed the importance of either attention or response selection sub-processes for action …

In the Simon task, stimuli are presented laterally and typically a non-spatial stimulus
dimension demands a lateralized choice response. Responses are faster when the task …

Abstract Language has the power to shape cognition, behavior, and even the form and
function of the brain. Technological and scientific developments have recently yielded an …

It is yet not well known whether different types of conflicts share common or rely on distinct
brain mechanisms of conflict processing. We used a combined Flanker (stimulus–stimulus; S …

When walking in our natural environment, we often solve additional cognitive tasks. This
increases the demand of resources needed for both the cognitive and motor systems …

Bilinguals have been shown to exhibit a performance advantage on executive control tasks,
outperforming their monolingual counterparts. Although a wealth of research has …