The idea that memory is not a single mental faculty has a long and interesting history but
became a topic of experimental and biologic inquiry only in the mid-20th century. It is now …

A framework for understanding source monitoring and relevant empirical evidence is
described, and several related phenomena are discussed: old–new recognition, indirect …

Much of our behavior is guided by our understanding of events. We perceive events when
we observe the world unfolding around us, participate in events when we act on the world …

The purpose of this review is to extend the existing application of the frontal lobe hypothesis
of cognitive aging beyond the limited work on inhibitory control (FN Dempster, 1992) to …

Executive function (EF) accounts have now been offered for several disorders with
childhood onset (eg, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, early-treated …

A major goal of psychology is to understand the underlying organization of cognition--that is,
to develop formal accounts of cognitive processes, information flow, and representations …

During the past two centuries, the study of learning and memory has been central to three
disciplines: first philosophy, then psychology, and now biology. Biological inquiry began in …

Neuropsychological Evaluation of the Child: Domains, Methods, and Case Studies, Second
Edition, is an updated and expanded desk reference that retains the first edition's …

The term “executive functions” is a relatively new one to neuropsychology (see, for example,
Baddeley & Wilson, 1986, 1988; Lezak, 1983; Stuss & Benson, 1986). It is used to describe …

Flexible control of action requires the ability to disengage from previous goals or task sets.
The authors tested the hypothesis that disengagement during intentional shifts between task …