The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) has a near-ubiquitous presence in the
neuroscience of cognitive control. It has been implicated in a diversity of functions, from reward …

According to prominent models in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and economics, effort
(be it physical or mental) is costly: when given a choice, humans and non-human animals …

Debates over the function(s) of dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) have persisted for
decades. So too have demonstrations of the region's association with cognitive control. …

Some have argued that belief in God is intuitive, a natural (by-) product of the human mind
given its cognitive structure and social context. If this is true, the extent to which one believes …

Many important moral decisions, particularly at the policy level, require the evaluation of
choices involving outcomes of variable magnitude and probability. Many economic decisions …

Habits form a crucial component of behavior. In recent years, key computational models
have conceptualized habits as arising from model-free reinforcement learning mechanisms, …

A decade's research highlights a critical dissociation between automatic and controlled
influences on moral judgment, which is subserved by distinct neural structures. Specifically, …

In spite of its familiar phenomenology, the mechanistic basis for mental effort remains poorly
understood. Although most researchers agree that mental effort is aversive and stems from …

The amount of mental effort we invest in a task is influenced by the reward we can expect if
we perform that task well. However, some of the rewards that have the greatest potential for …

Depression is linked to deficits in cognitive control and a host of other cognitive impairments
arise as a consequence of these deficits. Despite of their important role in depression, there …