Schizophrenia is a brain disorder associated with a wide range of cognitive and emotional impairments. Working memory has been consistently demonstrated as a key cognitive marker for this disorder. However, the majority of studies examining working memory impairments in schizophrenia have been limited to conventional paradigms involving verbal and visuospatial materials, and it is unclear whe...
Imagine how many times your attention was distracted by the surrounding sounds or sights irrelevant to your work or study. To maintain concentrated, you have to control yourself intentionally, which is the so-called attentional control or cognitive control in psychology. An interesting question arises, when we successfully directed our attention away from a visual distractor, can we be immune t...
The multitasking ability, the capacity to arrange multiple tasks efficiently is important in everyday life. Everyday examples include domestic scenarios like cooking a meal or work settings like running a hotel. This ability is associated with the executive control and is supported by the prefrontal cortex that continuously develops from childhood to adolescence. However, how multitasking skill...
