Keyword

cognitive control

Description: A set of mental processes that regulate thoughts and actions to support goal-directed behavior, studied in cognitive neuroscience and psychology.

Primary topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (34%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q783092

OpenAlex ID: keywords/cognitive-control

An Integrative Theory of Prefrontal Cortex Function

2001 · Earl K. Miller, Jonathan D. Cohen · Annual Review of Neuroscience · 12,778

Orienting of Attention

1980 · Michael I. Posner · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology · 9,667

Conflict monitoring and cognitive control.

2001 · Matthew M. Botvinick, Todd S. Braver, et al. · Psychological Review · 7,324

Cognitive and emotional influences in anterior cingulate cortex

2000 · George Bush, George Bush, et al. · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 6,255

Saliency, switching, attention and control: a network model of insula function

2010 · Vinod Menon, Lucina Q. Uddin · Brain Structure and Function · 5,572

The Nature and Organization of Individual Differences in Executive Functions

2012 · Akira Miyake, Naomi P. Friedman · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 3,933

Dissociating the Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Cognitive Control

2000 · Angus W. MacDonald, Jonathan D. Cohen, et al. · Science · 3,663

A social neuroscience perspective on adolescent risk-taking

2008 · Laurence Steinberg · Developmental Review · 3,635

Conflict monitoring and anterior cingulate cortex: an update

2004 · Matthew M. Botvinick, Jonathan D. Cohen, et al. · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 3,618

Action control : from cognition to behavior

1985 · Julius Kühl, Jürgen Beckmann · 3,432

Fears, phobias, and preparedness: Toward an evolved module of fear and fear learning.

2001 · Arne Öhman, Susan Mineka · Psychological Review · 3,149

The Role of the Medial Frontal Cortex in Cognitive Control

2004 · K. Richard Ridderinkhof, Markus Ullsperger, et al. · Science · 2,973

Task switching

2003 · Stephen Monsell · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2,971

Beta-band oscillations — signalling the status quo?

2010 · Andreas K Engel, Pascal Fries · Current Opinion in Neurobiology · 2,942

Anterior Cingulate Conflict Monitoring and Adjustments in Control

2004 · John G. Kerns, Jonathan D. Cohen, et al. · Science · 2,889

A critical role for the right fronto-insular cortex in switching between central-executive and default-mode networks

2008 · Devarajan Sridharan, Daniel J. Levitin, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2,885

Automatic and effortful processes in memory.

1979 · Lynn Hasher, Rose T. Zacks · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2,811

The Neural Basis of Addiction: A Pathology of Motivation and Choice

2005 · Peter W. Kalivas, Nora D. Volkow · American Journal of Psychiatry · 2,753

Frontal theta as a mechanism for cognitive control

2014 · James F. Cavanagh, Michael J. Frank · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2,716

The Neural Bases of Cognitive Conflict and Control in Moral Judgment

2004 · Joshua D. Greene, Leigh E. Nystrom, et al. · Neuron · 2,614

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On the ability to inhibit thought and action: A theory of an act of control.

1984 · Gordon D. Logan, William B. Cowan · Psychological Review · 2,589

Influence of cognitive control and mismatch on the N2 component of the ERP: A review

2007 · Jonathan R. Folstein, Cyma Van Petten · Psychophysiology · 2,554

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Understanding adolescence as a period of social–affective engagement and goal flexibility

2012 · Eveline A. Crone, Ronald E. Dahl · Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2,494

The variable nature of cognitive control: a dual mechanisms framework

2012 · Todd S. Braver · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2,477

Cognition and Depression: Current Status and Future Directions

2010 · Ian H. Gotlib, Jutta Joormann · Annual Review of Clinical Psychology · 2,415

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