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001 2014003824
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008 140313s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014003824
020 $a9780199921959 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBF637.B4$bT37 2014
082 00 $a153.8$223
245 00 $aTask switching and cognitive control /$cedited by James A. Grange and George Houghton.
264 1 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press, USA,$c2014.
300 $aviii, 392 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"One thing that separates human beings from the rest of the animal world is our ability to control behavior by referencing internal plans, goals, and rules. This ability, which is crucial to our success in a complex social environment, depends on the purposeful generation of "task sets"--states of mental readiness that allow each of us to engage with the world in a particular way or achieve a particular aim. This book reports the latest research regarding the activation, maintenance, and suppression of task sets. Chapters from many of the world's leading researchers in task switching and cognitive control investigate key issues in the field, from how we select the most relevant task when presented with distracting alternatives, to how we maintain focus on a task ("eyes on the prize") and switch to a new one when our goals or external circumstances change. Chapters also explore the brain structures responsible for these abilities, how they develop during childhood, and whether they decline due to normal aging or neurological disorders. Of interest especially to scholars and students of cognitive psychology, the volume offers thorough, multi-disciplinary coverage of contemporary research and theories concerning this fundamental yet mysterious aspect of human brain function and behavior"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Chapter 1 - Task Switching & Cognitive Control: An Introduction -- James A. Grange & George Houghton -- Chapter 2 - Tasks, Task Sets, and the Mapping Between Them -- Darryl W. Schneider & Gordon D. Logan -- Chapter 3 - The Task-Cuing Paradigm: A User's Guide -- Nachshon Meiran -- Chapter 4 - The Mixing Cost as a Measure of Cognitive Control -- Paloma Mari-Beffa & Alexander Kirkham -- Chapter 5 - The Extended Runs Procedure and Restart Cost -- Erik M. Altmann -- Chapter 6 - Voluntary Task Wwitching -- Catherine M. Arrington, Kaitlin M. Reiman, & Starla M. Weaver -- Chapter 7 - Inhibitory Control in Task Switching -- Miriam Gade, Stefanie Schuch, Michel Duey, & Iring Koch -- Chapter 8 - Models of Cognitive Control in Task Switching -- James A. Grange & George Houghton -- Chapter 9 - Event-related Potentials Reveal Multiple Components of Proactive and -- Reactive Control in Task Switching -- Frini Karayanidis & Sharna D. Jamadar -- Chapter 10 - Neuroimaging Studies of Task Switching -- Franziska R. Richter & Nick Yeung -- Chapter 11 - Task Switching and Executive Dysfunction -- Abhijit Das & Glenn R. Wylie -- Chapter 12 - Task Switching in Psychiatric Disorders -- Susan M. Ravizza & Ruth E. Salo -- Chapter 13 - Cognitive Flexibility in Childhood and Adolescence -- Sabine Peters & Eveline A. Crone -- Chapter 14 - Task Switching and Aging -- Jutta Kray & Nicola K. Ferdinand.
650 0 $aBehavior modification.
650 0 $aCognition$xAge factors.
700 1 $aGrange, James.
700 1 $aHoughton, George,$d1957-