The “standard” definition of creativity as novel and useful describes creative products, but
creativity is constituted by processes. This misalignment contributes to the oft-noted …

It is broadly agreed that working memory and attention constitute two significant cognitive
skills that are closely related. Their relationship has been proved to be intertwined and has …

Individual differences in cognitive paradigms are increasingly employed to relate cognition
to brain structure, chemistry, and function. However, such efforts are often unfruitful, even …

Despite a growing body of research devoted to the study of how humans encode
environmental patterns, there is still no clear consensus about the nature of the …

A crucial role for working memory in temporary information processing and guidance of
complex behavior has been recognized for many decades. There is emerging consensus …

To be successful in school or in one's career takes creativity, flexibility, self-control, and
discipline. Central to all those are executive functions (EFs), including mentally playing with …

Understanding and predicting the human visual attention mechanism is an active area of
research in the fields of neuroscience and computer vision. In this paper, we propose …

We present a new framework characterizing training-induced changes in WM as the
acquisition of novel cognitive routines akin to learning a new skill. Predictions were tested in …

Due to their ability to capture attention, emotional stimuli tend to benefit from enhanced
perceptual processing, which can be helpful when such stimuli are task-relevant but …

Clinical studies show that chronic pain is accompanied by memory deficits and reduction in
hippocampal volume. Experimental studies show that spared nerve injury (SNI) of the sciatic …