The Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Control

by Tobias Egner

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Covering basic theory, new research, and intersections with adjacent fields, this is the first comprehensive reference work on cognitive control - our ability to use internal goals to guide thought and behavior. * Draws together expert perspectives from a range of disciplines, including cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and neurology * Covers behavioral phenomena of cognitive control, neuroanatomical and computational models of frontal lobe function, show more and the interface between cognitive control and other mental processes * Explores the ways in which cognitive control research can inform and enhance our understanding of brain development and neurological and psychiatric conditions show less

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Tobias Egner is Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director of Graduate Studies in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University, USA. Originally from Berlin, Germany, he received his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of London in 2002 and was awarded postdoctoral research fellowships at Columbia show more University and Northwestern University prior to joining the faculty at Duke in 2009. He has authored dozens of influential research and theory papers on the psychological and neural mechanisms of cognitive control. show less

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153.8Philosophy and PsychologyPsychologyConscious mental processes and intelligenceDecision Making And Persuasion
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BF311 .W5836Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPsychologyPsychologyConsciousness. Cognition
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