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CONCEPT
supervisory attentional system
a loosely defined collection of brain processes that are responsible for planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, rule acquisition, initiating appropriate actions and inhibiting inappropriate actions, and selecting relevant sensory information.

Classified under Executive/Cognitive Control
Definition contributed by RPoldrack about two months ago.

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_functions
about one year ago

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
a loosely defined collection of brain processes that are responsible for planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, rule acquisition, initiating appropriate actions and inhibiting inappropriate actions, and selecting relevant sensory information.

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
a loosely defined collection of brain processes that are responsible for planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, rule acquisition, initiating appropriate actions and inhibiting inappropriate actions, and selecting relevant sensory information. (from Wikipedia)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about three years ago:
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2012-03-28 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for supervisory attentional system
2011-04-19 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for supervisory attentional system. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/supervisory_attentional_system]
2011-04-19 NPicchetti: Added new topic to discussion
2010-11-08 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for supervisory attentional system. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/supervisory_attentional_system]
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