Inhibiting Irrelevant Information Eases the Cost of Switching Tasks
A task-switching study finds that stronger inhibition of task-irrelevant information significantly reduces switch costs.
Tag: cognitive control
Brain Zapping Over Parietal Regions Speeds Responses on Demanding Memory Test
A randomized, double-blind crossover study in 40 healthy adults found that a single session of bilateral parietal tRNS shortened reaction ...
Eye-movement tests show shared antisaccade deficits in bipolar disorder and depression
A meta-analysis of 34 studies finds antisaccade deficits in both bipolar disorder and unipolar depression, with very low certainty evidence.
Accent Imitation Is Largely Under Conscious Control, Speech Study Finds
A study of 136 American English speakers found people can deliberately control whether they imitate an Australian accent, but socially ...
Editorial maps psychological dynamics across seven knowledge-management studies
An editorial synthesizes seven studies and finds that knowledge management is associated with cognition, emotion, leadership, psychological safety, team sensemaking ...
Pain Fuels Aggression Through Emotion, Not Lost Self-Control, Four Experiments Show
A four-experiment study in BMC Psychology finds that acute pain increases aggressive responses primarily by intensifying negative emotions rather than ...
Too Little or Too Much: Prefrontal Brain Imbalances Disrupt Behavioural Flexibility at Different Learning Stages
New research shows that reduced prefrontal activity and reduced inhibitory control in the brain disrupt behavioural flexibility at different stages ...
Social Anxiety Rewires Brain Communication During Learning, Study Finds
New research from Leiden University shows that socially anxious individuals exhibit heightened brain network communication that aids learning under low ...
Uric acid emerges as the hidden link between poor altitude adaptation and brain control network strain
A study of 173 residents in Lhasa finds that serum uric acid mediates the link between poor altitude adaptation and ...
Being Left Out Makes the Brain Cling to Social Memories, Study Finds
New experiments show that social exclusion disrupts the ability to deliberately forget social information, with the effect depending on whether ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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