Research shows that hoarding stems from executive-function struggles, where emotion overpowers decision-making.

A study assesses whether perceiving a partner's effort leads to greater engagement of executive control mechanisms to maintain focus on a task.

Cognitive control is the set of executive functions that underpins our ability to regulate thoughts and actions in line with internal goals, particularly in complex and dynamic environments. Task ...

Ilya Monosov focuses on how the brain regulates decision-making, learning, curiosity, and cognitive control, as well as their ...

Cognitive control and priming mechanisms lie at the heart of human behavioural regulation. Research in this domain elucidates how the brain flexibly integrates sensory inputs with motor responses, ...

Training exercises designed to improve cognitive control in children do not make a significant difference to their ability to delay gratification or to their academic achievement, nor do they lead to ...

Drawing on experimental data, mathematical modeling and theory, the scientists make the case that bursts of beta rhythms control cognition in the brain by regulating where and when higher gamma ...

Cognitive control plays a central role in mental skills ranging from plain concentration and focus (on your homework, not that text from your BFF) to calming down after you get upset (say, when you ...

Cognitive control refers to using our minds to steer our behaviors and experiences towards better outcomes by overriding habits and other automatic tendencies. For example, we can use cognitive ...