Author(s): Zhao M; Jia W; Jennings S; Law A; Bourgon A; Su C; Larose MH; Grenier H; Bowness D; Zeng Y;

The objective of pilot training is to equip trainees with the knowledge, judgment, and skills to maintain control of an aircraft and respond to critical flight tasks. The present research aims to investigate changes in trainees' cognitive control levels during a pilot training process while t ...

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Author(s): Devine S; Neumann C; Otto AR; Bolenz F; Reiter A; Eppinger B;

Previous work suggests that lifespan developmental differences in cognitive control reflect maturational and aging-related changes in prefrontal cortex functioning. However, complementary explanations exist: It could be that children and older adults differ from younger adults in how they balance the effort of engaging in control against its potential ben ...

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Author(s): Eppinger B; Goschke T; Musslick S;

Research in the past decades shed light on the different mechanisms that underlie our capacity for cognitive control. However, the meta-level processes that regulate cognitive control itself remain poorly understood. Following the terminology from artificial intelligence, meta-control can be defined as a collection of mechanisms that (a) monitor the progr ...

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Author(s): Ruel A; Devine S; Eppinger B;

Over the last decade, research on cognitive control and decision-making has revealed that individuals weigh the costs and benefits of engaging in or refraining from control and that whether and how they engage in these cost-benefit analyses may change across development and during healthy aging. In the present article, we examine how lifespan age differen ...

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