Cognition can be conceptualized as a set of algorithmic control functions whose real-time
deployment determines how an organism stores and uses information to guide thought and …

Intelligent animals devote much time and energy to exploring and obtaining information, but
the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We review recent developments on this …

We propose a Survival Optimization System (SOS) to account for the strategies that humans
and other animals use to defend against recurring and novel threats. The SOS attempts to …

This article reviews the past 25years of research on eye movements (1986–2011).
Emphasis is on three oculomotor behaviors: gaze control, smooth pursuit and saccades, and …

How do we make simple purchasing decisions (eg, whether or not to buy a product at a
given price)? Previous work has shown that the attentional drift-diffusion model (aDDM) can …

Attention exhibits characteristic neural signatures in brain regions that process sensory
signals. An important area of future research is to understand the nature of top-down signals …

It has been suggested that the lateral intraparietal area (LIP) of macaques plays a
fundamental role in sensorimotor decision-making. We examined the neural code in LIP at …

The human brain has the impressive capacity to adapt how it processes information to high-
level goals. While it is known that these cognitive control skills are malleable and can be …

Traditionally, insights into neural computation have been furnished by averaged firing rates
from many stimulus repetitions or trials. We pursue an analysis of neural response variance …

For centuries, human self-control has fascinated scientists and nonscientists alike. Current
theories often attribute it to an executive control system. But even though executive control …