Rethinking Cognitive Load: A Default-Mode Network Perspective

Publication date: Available online 5 June 2019Source: Trends in Cognitive SciencesAuthor(s): Adrianna C. JenkinsTypical cognitive load tasks are now known to deactivate the brain’s default-mode network (DMN). This raises the possibility that apparent effects of cognitive load could arise from disruptions of DMN processes, including social cognition. Cognitive load studies are reconsidered, with reinterpretations of past research and implications for dual-process theory.

Source: Trends in Cognitive Sciences - June 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research