Paced deep breathing practices, a core component of a number of meditation programs, have been shown to enhance a variety of cognitive functions. However, their effects on complex processes such as memory, and in particular, ...

The present experiment integrates two lines of research regarding action and the salience of stimuli for action. The first line provides evidence that attentional capture can be modulated by how the stimuli relate to the ...

Research into the neural control of movement has elucidated important principles that can provide guidelines to rehabilitation professionals for enhancing recovery of motor function in stroke patients. In this chapter, we ...

Predicting the sensory outcomes of action is thought to be useful for distinguishing self- versus externally-generated sensations, correcting movements when sensory feedback is delayed and learning predictive models for ...

In everyday life, we encounter many such situations in which we need to make decisions. A major gap in decision-making research so far is that decision-making paradigms are often limited to specific domains, such as ...