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| Title |
An information theory account of cognitive control
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00680 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jin Fan |
| Abstract |
Our ability to efficiently process information and generate appropriate responses depends on the processes collectively called cognitive control. Despite a considerable focus in the literature on the cognitive control of information processing, neural mechanisms underlying control are still unclear, and have not been characterized by considering the quantity of information to be processed. A novel and comprehensive account of cognitive control is proposed using concepts from information theory, which is concerned with communication system analysis and the quantification of information. This account treats the brain as an information-processing entity where cognitive control and its underlying brain networks play a pivotal role in dealing with conditions of uncertainty. This hypothesis and theory article justifies the validity and properties of such an account and relates experimental findings to the frontoparietal network under the framework of information theory. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 23% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 9 | 69% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 54% |
| Scientists | 4 | 31% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 250 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 245 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 55 | 22% |
| Researcher | 46 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 35 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 38 | 15% |
| Unknown | 50 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 80 | 32% |
| Neuroscience | 35 | 14% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 4% |
| Engineering | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 37 | 15% |
| Unknown | 63 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 September 2021.
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#1,914
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#41,900
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#92
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