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On task : how our brain gets things done /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Badre, David (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Cognitive neuroscience.
Executive functions (Neuropsychology)
Developmental psychology.
Decision making.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. What Lies in the Gap between Knowledge and Action?
  • Chapter 2. The Origins of Human Cognitive Control
  • Chapter 3. The Stability-Flexibility Dilemma
  • Chapter 4. Hierarchies in the Head
  • Chapter 5. The Tao of Multitasking
  • Chapter 6. Stopping
  • Chapter 7. The Costs and Benefits of Control
  • Chapter 8. The Information Retrieval Problem
  • Chapter 9. Cognitive Control over Lifespan
  • Chapter 10. Postscript: Getting Things Done That Matter
  • Notes
  • Index.