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cognitive control CONCEPT
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The top-down modulation of cognitive processes based on higher-order representations such as goals or plans.

Alias(es)

executive control, executive function

Definition contributed by Anonymous

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  • performance monitoring
  • goal selection
  • self control
  • inhibition
  • task switching
  • interference resolution
  • proactive control
  • selective control
  • updating
    • are a part of
    cognitive control
  • central executive
  • behavioral inhibition (cognitive)

    • Tasks that are asserted to measure cognitive control

    Task Contrast Measure
    digit span task
    • backward
    behavioral rating inventory of executive function
    • Negativity Scale
    Trail Making Test A and B
    • ANOVA of time by age group
    WISC-R Mazes
    • participant score minus average score
    Wisconsin card sorting test
    • Total number of categories acheived
    Porteus maze test
    • mental age (difficulty) of maze
    WAIS Digit Span
    • number in correct order
    • number correct backward
    Conners 3rd Edition
    • executive functioning
    NIH Toolbox Dimensional Change Card Sort Test
    • correct
    eating/drinking
    • amount consumed
    MicroCog
    • subject score minus population-matched average score
    Mini Mental State Examination
    • participant score minus average score
    underlining test
    • # correct minus # incorrect/30 or 60 seconds
    attention networks test
    • Incongruent minus congruent: Conflict / Executive network efficiency
    One Touch Stockings of Cambridge
    • number of moves required to complete task
    self ordered pointing task
    • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls
    divided auditory attention
    • response time and accuracy

    Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

    An integrative theory of prefrontal cortex function.
    Miller EK, Cohen JD
    Annual review of neuroscience (Annu Rev Neurosci)
    2001