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    • Anticipation of Monetary Reward Can Attenuate the Vigilance Decrement 

      Esterman, Michael; Grosso, Mallory; Liu, Guanyu; Mitko, Alex; Morris, Rachael; DeGutis, Joseph (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Motivation and reward can have differential effects on separate aspects of sustained attention. We previously demonstrated that continuous reward/punishment throughout a sustained attention task improves overall performance, ...
    • Awake, Offline Processing during Associative Learning 

      Bursley, James K.; Nestor, Adrian; Tarr, Michael J.; Creswell, J. David (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Offline processing has been shown to strengthen memory traces and enhance learning in the absence of conscious rehearsal or awareness. Here we evaluate whether a brief, two-minute offline processing period can boost ...
    • Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Executive Functioning in Musicians and Non-Musicians 

      Zuk, Jennifer; Benjamin, Christopher; Kenyon, Arnold; Gaab, Nadine (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Executive functions (EF) are cognitive capacities that allow for planned, controlled behavior and strongly correlate with academic abilities. Several extracurricular activities have been shown to improve EF, however, the ...
    • Executive Function, Visual Attention and the Cocktail Party Problem in Musicians and Non-Musicians 

      Clayton, Kameron K.; Swaminathan, Jayaganesh; Yazdanbakhsh, Arash; Zuk, Jennifer; Patel, Aniruddh D.; Kidd, Gerald (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      The goal of this study was to investigate how cognitive factors influence performance in a multi-talker, “cocktail-party” like environment in musicians and non-musicians. This was achieved by relating performance in a ...
    • Failure of Working Memory Training to Enhance Cognition or Intelligence 

      Thompson, Todd W.; Waskom, Michael L.; Garel, Keri-Lee Alyson; Cardenas-Iniguez, Carlos; Reynolds, Gretchen O.; Winter, Rebecca; Chang, Patricia; Pollard, Kiersten; Lala, Nupur; Alvarez, George Angelo; Gabrieli, John D.E. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Fluid intelligence is important for successful functioning in the modern world, but much evidence suggests that fluid intelligence is largely immutable after childhood. Recently, however, researchers have reported gains ...
    • Modeling the Role of Networks and Individual Differences in Inter-Group Violence 

      Isakov, Alexander; Holcomb, Amelia; Glowacki, Luke; Christakis, Nicholas A. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      There is significant heterogeneity within and between populations in their propensity to engage in conflict. Most research has neglected the role of within-group effects in social networks in contributing to between-group ...
    • Plans, Habits, and Theory of Mind 

      Gershman, Samuel J.; Gerstenberg, Tobias; Baker, Chris L.; Cushman, Fiery A. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Human success and even survival depends on our ability to predict what others will do by guessing what they are thinking. If I accelerate, will he yield? If I propose, will she accept? If I confess, will they forgive? ...
    • A Sexually Conditioned Switch of Chemosensory Behavior in C. elegans 

      Sakai, Naoko; Iwata, Ryo; Yokoi, Saori; Butcher, Rebecca A.; Clardy, Jon; Tomioka, Masahiro; Iino, Yuichi (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      In sexually reproducing animals, mating is essential for transmitting genetic information to the next generation and therefore animals have evolved mechanisms for optimizing the chance of successful mate location. In the ...
    • Shorter Lines Facilitate Reading in Those Who Struggle 

      Schneps, Matthew H.; Thomson, Jenny M.; Sonnert, Gerhard; Pomplun, Marc; Chen, Chen; Heffner-Wong, Amanda (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      People with dyslexia, who ordinarily struggle to read, sometimes remark that reading is easier when e-readers are used. Here, we used eye tracking to observe high school students with dyslexia as they read using these ...
    • When Does Model-Based Control Pay Off? 

      Kool, Wouter; Cushman, Fiery A.; Gershman, Samuel J. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Many accounts of decision making and reinforcement learning posit the existence of two distinct systems that control choice: a fast, automatic system and a slow, deliberative system. Recent research formalizes this distinction ...