Dynamics of cognitive control: Theoretical bases, paradigms, and a view for the future

G Gratton, P Cooper, M Fabiani, CS Carter… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cognitive control (with the closely related concepts of attention control and executive
function) encompasses the collection of processes that are involved in generating and …

Learning and cognitive flexibility: frontostriatal function and monoaminergic modulation

AA Kehagia, GK Murray, TW Robbins - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Learning in a constant environment, and adapting flexibly to a changing one, through
changes in reinforcement contingencies or valence-free cues, depends on overlap** …

Caffeine as an attention enhancer: reviewing existing assumptions

SJL Einöther, T Giesbrecht - Psychopharmacology, 2013 - Springer
Rationale Despite the large number of studies on the behavioural effects of caffeine, an
unequivocal conclusion had not been reached. In this review, we seek to disentangle a …

Caffeine modulates attention network function

TT Brunyé, CR Mahoney, HR Lieberman, HA Taylor - Brain and cognition, 2010 - Elsevier
The present work investigated the effects of caffeine (0mg, 100mg, 200mg, 400mg) on a
flanker task designed to test Posner's three visual attention network functions: alerting …

Plant-derived nootropics and human cognition: A systematic review

C Lorca, M Mulet, C Arévalo-Caro… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Substances with modulatory capabilities on certain aspects of human cognition have been
revered as nootropics from the dawn of time. The plant kingdom provides most of the …

Neurophysiological signature of effective anticipatory task‐set control: a task‐switching investigation

A Lavric, GA Mizon, S Monsell - European Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Changing between cognitive tasks requires a reorganization of cognitive processes.
Behavioural evidence suggests this can occur in advance of the stimulus. However, the …

Consequences of scarcity: the impact of perceived scarcity on executive functioning and its neural basis

L Huang, X Li, F Xu, F Li - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Previous studies have found a causal relationship between scarcity and the
adverse impact it has on executive functioning. However, few studies have directly …

Acute caffeine consumption enhances the executive control of visual attention in habitual consumers

TT Brunyé, CR Mahoney, HR Lieberman, GE Giles… - Brain and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent work suggests that a dose of 200–400mg caffeine can enhance both vigilance and
the executive control of visual attention in individuals with low caffeine consumption profiles …

On the connection between language control and executive control—an ERP study

M Declerck, G Meade, KJ Midgley… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
Abstract Models vary in the extent to which language control processes are domain general.
Those that posit that language control is at least partially domain general insist on an …

Investigating the effects of caffeine on executive functions using traditional Stroop and a new ecologically-valid virtual reality task, the Jansari assessment of Executive …

K Soar, E Chapman, N Lavan, AS Jansari, JJD Turner - Appetite, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Caffeine has been shown to have effects on certain areas of cognition, but in
executive functioning the research is limited and also inconsistent. One reason could be the …