Cognitive flexibility, the readiness with which one can selectively switch between mental
processes to generate appropriate behavioral responses, develops in a protracted manner …

Adolescence is a time during which we transition to independence, explore new activities
and begin pursuit of major life goals. Goal-directed learning, in which we learn to perform …

Despite growing interest in improving cognitive abilities across the lifespan through training,
the benefits of cognitive training are inconsistent. One powerful contributor may be that …

Response inhibition is considered to be a key component of executive control (eg, Aron,
Robbins, & Poldrack, 2014; Logan, 1994; Miyake et al., 2000; Ridderinkhof, van den …

Response inhibition is crucial for mental and physical health but studies assessing the
trainability of this type of inhibition are rare. Thirty‐nine children aged 10‐12 years and 46 …

Psychological experiments often yield data that are hierarchically structured. A number of
popular shortcut strategies in cognitive modeling do not properly accommodate this structure …

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed
psychological disorder of childhood. Medication and cognitive behavioral therapy are …

The stop-signal paradigm is a widely used procedure to study response inhibition. It consists
of a 2-choice response-time task (a “go” task) that is occasionally interrupted by a stop signal …

Motor inhibition is a cognitive control ability that allows humans to stop actions rapidly even
after initiation. Understanding and improving motor inhibition could benefit adaptive …

Cognitive control develops rapidly over the first decade of life, with one of the dominant
changes being a transition from reliance on 'as‐needed'control (reactive control) to a more …