What is attentional control?

Attentional control (AC:)  "The ability to focus on task-relevant stimuli and ignore task-irrelevant stimuli.  The ability to regulate intentionality and direct cognitive processing.  Sometimes referred to as spotlight or focal attention, focus, control of attention, executive controlled attention or executive attention"(McGrew, LaForte, & Schrank, 2014; WJ IV technical manual).

AC is suggested to be a fundamental, possibly core, ability in understanding working memory capacity.

Article: Mysterious Statistical Law May Finally Have an Explanation

Mysterious Statistical Law May Finally Have an Explanation
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/tracy-widom-mysterious-statistical-law/

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Article: Final 8 Hours to Join 180+ Experts in 15 Countries @ 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit | SharpBrains

Final 8 Hours to Join 180+ Experts in 15 Countries @ 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit | SharpBrains
http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2014/10/27/final-8-hours-to-join-180-experts-in-15-countries-2014-sharpbrains-virtual-summit/

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Mental ability and information processing during discrimination of auditory motion patterns: Effects on P300 and mismatch negativity
De Pascalis, Vilfredo; Varriale, Enrico; Fulco, Maria; Fracasso, Francesca
Intelligence, Vol. 47 – 2014: 93 - 106

10.1016/j.intell.2014.09.006

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Fluid intelligence shares closer to 60% of its variance with working memory capacity and is a better indicator of general intelligence
Gignac, Gilles E.
Intelligence, Vol. 47 – 2014: 122 - 133

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Article: Reminiscing can help boost mental performance, study finds

Reminiscing can help boost mental performance, study finds
http://www.psypost.org/2014/10/reminiscing-can-help-boost-mental-performance-study-finds-28947

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Article: Study links physical activity in older adults to brain white-matter integrity

More on white matter matters.  Other posts can be found at this link http://www.brainclock.net/search?q=white+matter

Study links physical activity in older adults to brain white-matter integrity
http://www.psypost.org/2014/09/study-links-physical-activity-older-adults-brain-white-matter-integrity-28252

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Article: Concentrate! How to tame a wandering mind

Concentrate! How to tame a wandering mind
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141015-concentrate-how-to-focus-better

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The role of (dis)inhibition in creativity: Decreased inhibition improves idea generation
Radel, Rémi; Davranche, Karen; Fournier, Marion; Dietrich, Arne
Cognition, Vol. 134 – 2015: 110 - 120

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Manifestations of intelligence: Expanding the measurement space to reconsider specific cognitive abilities — ScienceDirect

Looks like interesting article...but I can't secure a copy from my university library.

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Article: Brain baloney has no place in the classroom

Brain baloney has no place in the classroom
http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2014/oct/17/brain-baloney-neuro-myths-teaching-education-classroom

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Article: Dyslexic readers have disrupted network connections in the brain

Dyslexic readers have disrupted network connections in the brain
http://www.psypost.org/2014/08/dyslexic-readers-disrupted-network-connections-brain-27705

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Article: Can Neuroscience Improve Education

Can Neuroscience Improve Education
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Mind wandering: Annual Review of Psychology review

A nice, concise review of the mind wandering research is now available in the Annual Review of Psychology. Click on images to enlarge.

Previous posts on mind wandering can be found at the Brain Clock blog at this link.







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The WJ IV Test of Achievement--Alternate Forms Equivalence Assessment Service Bulletin

A supplement to the WJ IV technical manual, which provides new (and some previously published) equivalence evidence for the alternate forms of the WJ IV Tests of Achievement, is now available from the publisher (click here). As described at the website:

This bulletin is an executive summary and discussion of all extant alternate-forms equivalence data gathered for the WJ IV Tests of Achievement.

The WJ IV Technical Manual (McGrew, LaForte & Schrank, 2014) contains information about how the three forms of each test were constructed to be equivalent in content coverage, difficulty, and measurement error. A summary of these procedures is included in Part A of this bulletin. Part B includes the descriptions and results of two recently completed alternate-forms studies. These studies contribute to the accumulation of evidence regarding the equivalence of the WJ IV ACH Standard tests. Additionally, these studies present an example of methodology appropriate for evaluating empirical evidence for alternate-forms equivalence in the context of individually administered assessments.

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Article: Intelligence Is Critical to the Future of Humankind

Intelligence Is Critical to the Future of Humankind
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Article: Resting-state Networks Predict Individual Differences in Common and Specific Aspects of Executive Function.

Resting-state Networks Predict Individual Differences in Common and Specific Aspects of Executive Function.
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Creativity and the default network: A functional connectivity analysis of the creative brain at rest
Beaty, Roger E.; Benedek, Mathias; Wilkins, Robin W.; Jauk, Emanuel; Fink, Andreas; Silvia, Paul J.; Hodges, Donald A.; Koschutnig, Karl; Neubauer, Aljoscha C.
Neuropsychologia, Vol. 64 – 2014: 92 - 98

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Does intelligence explain the association between generalized trust and economic development?
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Using a prison sample to assess the association between the general factor of personality and general intelligence
Dunkel, Curtis S.; van der Linden, Dimitri; Beaver, Kevin M.; Woodley, Michael A.
Intelligence, Vol. 47 – 2014: 72 - 82

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