Cognitive control, dynamic salience and the imperative toward computational accounts of neuromodulatory function

Authors

Christopher M. Warren, Utah State UniversityFollow
P. R. Murphy, Leiden UniversityFollow
S. Nieuwenhuis, Leiden UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volume

39

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

1-1-2016

First Page

45

Last Page

46

Abstract

We draw attention to studies indicating that phasic arousal increases interference effects in tasks necessitating the recruitment of cognitive control. We suggest that arousal-biased competition models such as GANE (glutamate amplifies noradrenergic effects) may be able to explain these findings by taking into account dynamic, within-trial changes in the relative salience of task-relevant and task-irrelevant features. However, testing this hypothesis requires a computational model.

Recommended Citation

Warren, C. M., Murphy, P. R., & Nieuwenhuis, S. (2016). Cognitive control, dynamic salience and the imperative toward computational accounts of neuromodulatory function. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, 45-46.