Executive control is a complex high-level cognitive function that relies on distributed brain
circuitry. We propose that the anterior insular cortex plays an under-appreciated role in …

The ABCD study is recruiting and following the brain development and health of over 10,000
9–10 year olds through adolescence. The imaging component of the study was developed …

Behavioral activities that require control over automatic routines typically feel effortful and
result in cognitive fatigue. Beyond subjective report, cognitive fatigue has been conceived as …

There is compelling evidence that the human cerebellum is engaged in a wide array of
motor and cognitive tasks. A fundamental question centers on whether the cerebellum is …

Humans require a plethora of higher cognitive skills to perform executive functions, such as
reasoning, planning, language and social interactions, which are regulated predominantly …

The multicomponent model is assumed to form an important interface between a range of
cognitive processing systems including perception and both episodic and semantic long …

Since the concept of working memory was introduced over 50 years ago, different schools of
thought have offered different definitions for working memory based on the various cognitive …

Executive functions (EFs) are high-level cognitive processes, often associated with the
frontal lobes, that control lower level processes in the service of goal-directed behavior …

Psychiatric disorders encompass complex aberrations of cognition and affect and are
among the most debilitating and poorly understood of any medical condition. Current …

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 …