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In one experiment, they evaluated the cognitive control of volunteers who recently began a romantic relationship.
The researchers found that the more in love the volunteers were, the less focused they were, which means that their cognitive control was impaired.
Like the salience network, a key cognitive control network responsible for switching attention.
Like the salience network, a key cognitive control network responsible for switching attention.
We call this cognitive control.
call this cognitive control we're using cognition to control our behavior
Scientists have known for a while that cognitive control from the frontal cortex can have a depressing effect on our ability to learn new tasks.
Scientists have known for a while that cognitive control from the frontal cortex can have a
This is considered executive functioning or cognitive control or top-down control of attention.
or cognitive control, or top-down control of attention. These three, from alerting,
Studies show that after expressive writing, the brain's emotional centers quiet down, while cognitive control increases.
Studies show that after expressive writing, the brain's emotional centers quiet down while cognitive control increases.
Worsens your cognitive control.
But here's the thing: your brain power, what we call cognitive control, is like a muscle.
My emotional knowledge of its consequences has finally caught up with my previously ineffectual cognitive sense that it will only bring pain." But that didn't happen until I turned 23, the time at which my brain was likely completing the development of the cognitive control regions.
But that didn't happen Until I turned 23, the time at which my brain was likely completing the development of the cognitive control regions.
It's called What's Next: Advances and Challenges in Understanding How Environmental Predictability Shapes the Development of Cognitive Control.
Advances and Challenges in Understanding How Environmental predictability shapes the development of cognitive control.
When the volunteers were performing hard tasks, the scientists found higher concentrations of glutamate in the lateral prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain associated with cognitive control.