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·April 22, 2023·5 min read

Mental Block: The Brain Often Stops Us From Learning From Mistakes

Researchers investigate why our brains often allow us to repeat mistakes and how we can apply cognitive control to self-correct when It comes to error-making.

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·November 10, 2021·4 min read

How Do We Learn to Learn?

Cognitive control training that focuses on important factors while ignoring distractions enhances information processing and enables the ability to "learn to learn".

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·November 1, 2021·4 min read

Boosting Human Mental Function With Brain Stimulation

A new method that merged artificial intelligence with electrical brain stimulation improved brain functions related to self-control and mental flexibility.

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·September 13, 2021·3 min read

To Cheat or Not to Cheat?

Study reveals cognitive control can drive cheaters to be honest, and honest people to cheat.

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·September 10, 2021·6 min read

Who’s in Cognitive Control?

Differences in cognitive control appear to be a matter of degree in healthy individuals.

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·February 20, 2021·4 min read

Neural Pathway Critical to Correcting Behavioral Errors in Psychiatric Disorders Identified

Study identifies a neural pathway associated with error monitoring and attention function in some psychiatric disorders such as ADHD, ASD, and schizophrenia. Researchers say the pathway could be modulated with the help of transcranial magnetic stimulation or transcranial direct current stimulation.

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·August 12, 2020·5 min read

Young Children Would Rather Explore Than Get Rewards

Compared to adults, children continue to explore other options than using knowledge to capitalize on reward, to see if the value has changed. Children approach exploration systematically to make sure they don't miss anything.

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·January 13, 2020·4 min read

Calculated surprise leads to groundbreaking discovery in cognitive control research

The activity of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) during motivated control reflects the calculation of surprise. The findings take cognitive control research to new heights by providing insight into how the dACC works as a component of a brain network that supports motivated behaviors.

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·October 30, 2019·4 min read

Patients with mood, anxiety disorders share abnormalities in brain’s control circuit

Patients with mood and anxiety disorders have abnormally low activation in brain areas associated with cognitive and emotional control. Brain scans also revealed hyperactivity in brain areas linked to the processing of emotional thoughts.

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·October 10, 2019·5 min read

Brain scans may provide clues to suicide risk

Neuroimaging can be used to assess a person's risk of suicidal behavior. Those with mood disorders, a history of suicidal thoughts, and those with a history of suicide attempts have less connectivity in the cognitive control network. They also have reduced connectivity between the cognitive control network and the default mode network.

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·April 4, 2019·5 min read

Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms

Deep brain stimulation improves performance on cognitive control tasks and increases theta oscillations in the medial, and lateral prefrontal cortex.

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·January 3, 2019·4 min read

Video Game Based ‘Digital Medicine’ May Help Children with ASD and Co-Occurring ADHD

Study confirms the acceptability, feasibility and safety for using Project: EVO, a action video game experience, for children on the autism spectrum with co-occurring ADHD.

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cognitive control

Mental Block: The Brain Often Stops Us From Learning From Mistakes

How Do We Learn to Learn?

Boosting Human Mental Function With Brain Stimulation

To Cheat or Not to Cheat?

Who’s in Cognitive Control?

Neural Pathway Critical to Correcting Behavioral Errors in Psychiatric Disorders Identified

Young Children Would Rather Explore Than Get Rewards

Calculated surprise leads to groundbreaking discovery in cognitive control research

Patients with mood, anxiety disorders share abnormalities in brain’s control circuit

Brain scans may provide clues to suicide risk

Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms

Video Game Based ‘Digital Medicine’ May Help Children with ASD and Co-Occurring ADHD

Hitching a Ride: mRNA’s Transport System in Brain Cells Revealed

Shaping Young Minds: Neurodevelopment Interventions for Psychiatric Disorders

Ultra-Processed Foods: AI’s New Contribution to Nutrition Science

Aging Myelin: A New Perspective in Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

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