Why many studies of individual differences with inhibition tasks may not localize correlations

JN Rouder, A Kumar, JM Haaf - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2023 - Springer
Individual difference exploration of cognitive domains is predicated on being able to
ascertain how well performance on tasks covary. Yet, establishing correlations among …

Nature and measurement of attention control.

AP Burgoyne, JS Tsukahara, CA Mashburn… - Journal of …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Individual differences in the ability to control attention are correlated with a wide range of
important outcomes, from academic achievement and job performance to health behaviors …

Mental speed is high until age 60 as revealed by analysis of over a million participants

M von Krause, ST Radev, A Voss - Nature human behaviour, 2022 - nature.com
Response speeds in simple decision-making tasks begin to decline from early and middle
adulthood. However, response times are not pure measures of mental speed but instead …

The common factor of executive functions measures nothing but speed of information uptake

C Löffler, GT Frischkorn, D Hagemann, K Sadus… - Psychological …, 2024 - Springer
 Abstract There is an ongoing debate about the unity and diversity of executive functions and
their relationship with other cognitive abilities such as processing speed, working memory …

Processing speed and executive attention as causes of intelligence.

CA Mashburn, MK Barnett, RW Engle - Psychological Review, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Individual differences in processing speed and executive attention have both been
proposed as explanations for individual differences in cognitive ability, particularly general …

Age differences in diffusion model parameters: A meta-analysis

M Theisen, V Lerche, M von Krause, A Voss - Psychological Research, 2021 - Springer
Older adults typically show slower response times in basic cognitive tasks than younger
adults. A diffusion model analysis allows the clarification of why older adults react more …

Questioning psychological constructs: Current issues and proposed changes

P De Boeck, J Pek, K Walton, DT Wegener… - Psychological …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Constructs are central to psychology. We describe two current trends as responses to
dissatisfactions with the abstract nature of constructs and with uncertain and variable …

In search of better practice in executive functions assessment: Methodological issues and potential solutions.

M Yangüez, B Bediou, J Chanal… - Psychological Review, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
The multicomponent nature of executive functions (EF) has long been recognized, pushing
for a better understanding of both the commonalities and the diversity between EF …

Improving the reliability and validity of the IAT with a dynamic model driven by similarity

PD Kvam, LH Irving, K Sokratous, CT Smith - Behavior Research Methods, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Implicit Association Test (IAT), like many behavioral measures, seeks to
quantify meaningful individual differences in cognitive processes that are difficult to assess …