What makes us cognitively flexible? A new learning perspective

Información del proyecto

CoCoFlex

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 852570

DOI

10.3030/852570

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 15 Abril 2020

Fecha de inicio 1 Mayo 2020

Fecha de finalización 30 Abril 2026

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coste total

€ 1 476 812,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 1 476 812,00

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Belgium

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Resultado final

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Open Research data

Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (31)

Learning where to be flexible: Using environmental cues to regulate cognitive control.

Autores: Shengjie Xu, Jonas Simoens, Tom Verguts, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Edición 153, 2024, Página(s) 328-338, ISSN 0096-3445
Editor: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xge0001488

Steering through task uncertainty: Evidence for activation modulation over dynamic binding

Autores: Mengqiao Chai, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Edición 33, 2026, ISSN 1069-9384
Editor: Psychonomic Society Inc.
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-026-02906-7

The subjective evaluation of task switch cues is related to voluntary task switching

Autores: Luc Vermeylen, Senne Braem, Wim Noteabert, Marit F. L. Ruitenberg
Publicado en: Cognition, Edición 224, 2022, Página(s) 105063, ISSN 0010-0277
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105063

Shared Neural Representations of Cognitive Conflict and Negative Affect in the Medial Frontal Cortex

Autores: Luc Vermeylen, David Wisniewski, Carlos González-García, Vincent Hoofs, Wim Notebaert, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Journal of Neuroscience, Edición 40 (45), 2020, Página(s) 8715-8725, ISSN 0270-6474
Editor: Society for Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1744-20.2020

It’s Hard to Prepare for Task Novelty: Cueing the Novelty of Upcoming Tasks Does Not Facilitate Task Performance

Autores: Mengqiao Chai, Ana F. Palenciano, Ravi Mill, Michael W. Cole, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Journal of Cognition, Edición 8, 2025, ISSN 2514-4820
Editor: Ubiquity Press, Ltd.
DOI: 10.5334/joc.423

Flexibility and stability can be both dependent and independent

Autores: Gesine Dreisbach, Sebastian Musslick, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Nature Reviews Psychology, Edición 3, 2024, Página(s) 636-636, ISSN 2731-0574
Editor: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s44159-024-00348-3

Dynamic changes in task preparation in a multi-task environment: The task transformation paradigm

Autores: Mengqiao Chai, Clay B. Holroyd, Marcel Brass, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Cognition, Edición 247, 2024, Página(s) 105784, ISSN 0010-0277
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105784

Different exploration strategies along the autism spectrum: diverging effects of autism diagnosis and autism traits

Autores: Fien Goetmaeckers, Judith Goris, Jan R. Wiersema, Tom Verguts, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Molecular Autism, Edición 16, 2025, ISSN 2040-2392
Editor: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-025-00679-9

The selective use of punishments on congruent versus incongruent trials in the Stroop task

Autores: Qian Yang; Jintao Xing; Senne Braem; Gilles Pourtois
Publicado en: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Edición 193, 2022, ISSN 1074-7427
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2022.107654

An integrative framework of conflict and control

Autores: Daniela Becker, Erik Bijleveld, Senne Braem, Kerstin Fröber, Felix J. Götz, Tali Kleiman, Anita Körner, Roland Pfister, Andrea M.F. Reiter, Blair Saunders, Iris K. Schneider, Alexander Soutschek, Henk van Steenbergen, David Dignath
Publicado en: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Edición 28, 2024, Página(s) 757-768, ISSN 1364-6613
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.07.002

The impact of punishment on cognitive control in a clinical population characterized by heightened punishment sensitivity.

Autores: Joseph A. King, Senne Braem, Franziska M. Korb, Laura-Sophie Diekmann, Veit Roessner, Julius Steding, Stefan Ehrlich
Publicado en: Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, Edición 131, 2022, Página(s) 130-140, ISSN 2769-7541
Editor: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000713

Correct responses alleviate the negative evaluation of conflict

Autores: Ivan I Ivanchei, Senne Braem, Luc Vermeylen, Wim Notebaert
Publicado en: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Edición 74(6), 2021, Página(s) 1083-1095, ISSN 1747-0218
Editor: Psychology Press
DOI: 10.1177/1747021820986146

Selective reinforcement of conflict processing in the Stroop task

Autores: Arthur Prével; Ruth M. Krebs; Nanne Kukkonen; Senne Braem
Publicado en: PLoS ONE, Edición 16(7), 2021, Página(s) e0255430, ISSN 1932-6203
Editor: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255430

The temporal dynamics of metacognitive experiences track rational adaptations in task performance

Autores: Luc Vermeylen, Senne Braem, Ivan I. Ivanchei, Kobe Desender, J. M. García-Román, Carlos González-García, María Ruz, Wim Notebaert
Publicado en: Communications Psychology, Edición 3, 2025, ISSN 2731-9121
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00282-x

Reduced Primacy Bias in Autism during Early Sensory Processing

Autores: Judith Goris, Senne Braem, Shauni Van Herck, Jonas Simoens, Eliane Deschrijver, Jan R. Wiersema, Bryan Paton, Marcel Brass, Juanita Todd
Publicado en: Journal of Neuroscience, Edición 42, 2022, Página(s) 3989-3999, ISSN 0270-6474
Editor: Society for Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3088-20.2022

Adaptive variability in humans, pigeons, and rats.

Autores: Janne Reynders, Tom Verguts, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Psychological Review, 2026, ISSN 0033-295X
Editor: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/rev0000620

Observing conflicting actions elicits conflict adaptation

Autores: Emiel Cracco, Senne Braem, Marcel Brass
Publicado en: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Edición 151, 2022, Página(s) 493-505, ISSN 0096-3445
Editor: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xge0001089

Cognitive flexibility versus stability via activation-based and weight-based adaptations

Autores: Shengjie Xu, Tom Verguts, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Communications Psychology, Edición 4, 2026, ISSN 2731-9121
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44271-026-00397-9

Is the juice worth the squeeze? Learning the marginal value of mental effort over time.

Autores: A. Ross Otto, Senne Braem, Massimo Silvetti, Eliana Vassena
Publicado en: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Edición 151, 2022, Página(s) 2324-2341, ISSN 0096-3445
Editor: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xge0001208

Two time scales of adaptation in human learning rates

Autores: Jonas Simoens, Senne Braem, Pieter Verbeke, Haopeng Chen, Stefania Mattioni, Mengqiao Chai, Nicolas W Schuck, Tom Verguts
Publicado en: eLife, 2026, ISSN 2050-084X
Editor: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.108223.2

The impact of free will beliefs on implicit learning

Autores: David Wisniewski, Davide Rigoni, Luc Vermeylen, Senne Braem, Elger Abrahamse, Marcel Brass
Publicado en: Consciousness and Cognition, Edición 107, 2023, Página(s) 103448, ISSN 1053-8100
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2022.103448

The effects of reinforcing task alternations on voluntary task selection

Autores: Leslie Held, Luc Vermeylen, Ruth Krebs, Wim Notebaert, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Collabra: Psychology, 2023, ISSN 2474-7394
Editor: University of California Press
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/kfusw

When models matter: Environmental demand guides the arbitration between model-based and model-free control

Autores: Leslie K. Held, Elise Lesage, Wouter Kool, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, Edición 26, 2026, Página(s) 33-42, ISSN 1530-7026
Editor: Psychonomic Society Inc.
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-025-01350-9

Cognitive control is task specific: Further evidence against the idea of domain-general conflict adaptation.

Autores: Daxun Zhu, Xiangpeng Wang, Enwei Zhao, Nazbanou Nozari, Wim Notebaert, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Edición 51, 2025, Página(s) 1703-1715, ISSN 0278-7393
Editor: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xlm0001480

A shared temporal window of integration across cognitive control and reinforcement learning paradigms: A correlational study

Autores: Nicola Vasta, Shengjie Xu, Tom Verguts, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Memory & Cognition, 2024, ISSN 1532-5946
Editor: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/6hy5m

Tenacious instructions: How to dismantle newly instructed task rules?

Autores: Elger Abrahamse, Senne Braem, Jan De Houwer, Baptist LIefooghe
Publicado en: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Edición 151, 2022, Página(s) 2812-2832, ISSN 0096-3445
Editor: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xge0001233

The Cost of Regulating Effort: Reward and Difficulty Cues With Longer Prediction Horizons Have a Stronger Impact on Performance

Autores: Nanne Kukkonen, Senne Braem, Jens Allaert, Joshua O. Eayrs, Nicoleta Prutean, S. Tabitha Steendam, C. Nico Boehler, Jan R. Wiersema, Wim Notebaert, Ruth M. Krebs
Publicado en: Journal of Cognition, Edición 8, 2025, Página(s) 9, ISSN 2514-4820
Editor: Ubiquity Press, Ltd.
DOI: 10.5334/joc.415

Reinforcement learning of adaptive control strategies

Autores: Leslie Held, Luc Vermeylen, David Dignath, Wim Notebaert, Ruth Krebs, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Communications Psychology, 2023, ISSN 2731-9121
Editor: Nature
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/d8p9e

Semantic Anchors Facilitate Task Encoding in Continual Learning

Autores: Mina Habibi, Pieter Verbeke, Mehdi Senoussi, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Open Mind, Edición 9, 2025, Página(s) 1467-1505, ISSN 2470-2986
Editor: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/opmi.a.28

Autistic traits are related to worse performance in a volatile reward learning task despite adaptive learning rates

Autores: Judith Goris, Massimo Silvetti, Tom Verguts, Jan R. Wiersema, Marcel Brass, Senne Braem
Publicado en: Autism, Edición 25(2), 2021, Página(s) 440-451, ISSN 1362-3613
Editor: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/1362361320962237

Learning environment-specific learning rates

Autores: Jonas Simoens, Tom Verguts, Senne Braem
Publicado en: PLOS Computational Biology, Edición 20, 2024, Página(s) e1011978, ISSN 1553-7358
Editor: the Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011978