The control-freak mind: stereotypical biases are eliminated following conflict-activated cognitive control.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General The Control-Freak Mind: Stereotypical Biases Are Eliminated Following Conflict-Activated Cognitive Control

An fMRI Study of Risky Decision Making: The Role of Mental Preparation and Conflict

Introduction: The current study aimed to elucidate the role of preparatory cognitive control in decision making and its neural correlates using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). To this effect, by employing a series of new cognitive tasks, we assessed the role of preparatory cognitive control in monetary (risky) decision making. Methods: The participants had to decide between a...

Comparison of the effectiveness of compassionate mind group training and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group training on self-balance and anger control in female adolescents

The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of compassionate mind group training and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group training on anger management in female adolescents. In terms of purpose, the present study is a part of applied research and in terms of method, it is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and control group. The research populatio...

On the role of conflict and control in social cognition: event-related brain potential investigations.

Numerous social-cognitive models posit that social behavior largely is driven by links between constructs in long-term memory that automatically become activated when relevant stimuli are encountered. Various response biases have been understood in terms of the influence of such "implicit" processes on behavior. This article reviews event-related potential (ERP) studies investigating the role p...

Absence without leave or leave without absence: Examining the interrelations among mind wandering, metacognition and cognitive control

Despite the abundance of recent publications about mind wandering (i.e., off-task thought), its interconnection with metacognition and cognitive control has not yet been examined. In the current study, we hypothesized that these three constructs would show clear interrelations. Metacognitive capacity was predicted to correlate positively with cognitive control ability, which in turn was predict...