Morton J Bruce, Ezekiel Fredrick, Wilk Heather A
Department of Psychology, University of Western OntarioGraduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario.
Top Cogn Sci. 2011 Apr;3(2):212-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01139.x. Epub 2011 Mar 17.
Cognitive control is easy to identify in its effects, but difficult to grasp conceptually. This creates somewhat of a puzzle: Is cognitive control a bona fide process or an epiphenomenon that merely exists in the mind of the observer? The topiCS special edition on cognitive control presents a broad set of perspectives on this issue and helps to clarify central conceptual and empirical challenges confronting the field. Our commentary provides a summary of and critical response to each of the papers.
认知控制的效果很容易识别,但在概念上却难以把握。这就产生了一个难题:认知控制是一个真正的过程,还是仅仅存在于观察者脑海中的一种附带现象?关于认知控制的《认知科学专题》特刊就这一问题呈现了一系列广泛的观点,并有助于阐明该领域面临的核心概念和实证挑战。我们的评论对每篇论文进行了总结和批判性回应。