[HTML][HTML] What is mental effort: a clinical perspective

N Wolpe, R Holton, PC Fletcher - Biological Psychiatry, 2024 - Elsevier
Although mental effort is a frequently used term, it is poorly defined and understood.
Consequently, its usage is frequently loose and potentially misleading. In neuroscience …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of spontaneous thoughts: Exploration, attentional profile and the segmentation of the stream of thoughts

A Kérébel, JA Caille, J Sackur - Consciousness and Cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
For a long time, clinical knowledge and first-person reports have pointed to individual
differences in the dynamics of spontaneous thoughts, in particular in the extreme case of …

Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity

NM Grissom, N Glewwe, C Chen, E Giglio - Hormones and Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Essentially all neuropsychiatric diagnoses show some degree of sex and/or gender
differences in their etiology, diagnosis, or prognosis. As a result, the roles of sex-related …

Protocol and preregistration for the CODEC project: measuring, modelling and mechanistically understanding the nature of cognitive variability in early childhood

IEJI Coolen, J van Langen, S Hofman, FE van Aagten… - BMC psychology, 2024 - Springer
Background Children's cognitive performance fluctuates across multiple timescales.
However, fluctuations have often been neglected in favour of research into average …

Distractibility and impulsivity in ADHD as an evolutionary mismatch of high trait curiosity

AL Le Cunff - Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2024 - Springer
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition
characterized by symptoms that include inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Recent …

Differential patch-leaving behavior during probabilistic foraging in humans and gerbils

L Güldener, P Saravanakumar, MFK Happel… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Foraging confronts animals, including humans, with the need to balance exploration and
exploitation: exploiting a resource until it depletes and then deciding when to move to a new …

[HTML][HTML] The Creative Awareness Theory: A Grounded Theory Study of Inherent Self-Regulation in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

RE Champ, M Adamou, W Gillibrand, S Arrey… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine why and how adults with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience variable impairment and identify the processes …

Brain Disorders, Dysfunctions, and Natural Selection: Commentary on Jefferson

J Garson - Philosophical Psychology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT I argue that despite the merits of Jefferson's account of a brain disorder, which
are many, the notion of function she deploys is unsuitable to the overall goals of that …

Best Practices for Supporting Social–Emotional Development in Children With Developmental Language Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

GR Timler, E Zane, AL Decker, R Ritter… - Perspectives of the …, 2024 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) and/or attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at an elevated risk of social–emotional difficulties …

Patch-leaving decisions and pupil-linked arousal systems

A Marzecová, B Vernaillen, D Hoxhaj, LF Kaiser… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Deciding when to abandon a depleting resource in favour of potentially richer alternatives is
fundamental to adaptive behaviour. Such patch-leaving decisions require balancing the …