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Cognitive Persistence
The motivation to overcome adversity is critical for achieving goals in life. We recently developed a persistence metric to assess the ability to overcome adversity during a cognitive task. This metric is based on Wisconsin Card Sorting Task (WCST) performance. The WCST is typically used to measure whether people can learn new rules and shift…
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Cingulo-opercular Activity Provides Word Recognition Benefit
Recognizing speech in challenging listening conditions often produces increased activity in frontal cortex, particularly in cingulo-opercular regions, but the significance of this activity has been unclear. This network of frontal cortex is thought to monitor performance and signal when cognitive resources are required to ensure successful performance. Findings from earlier visuospatial studies indicated that…