The processes of attentional control and executive function are critical for navigating and operating efficiently in everyday life, and deficits in these core processes have serious consequences. Despite a long history of research into these topics, much is still unknown about the brain mechanisms supporting these processes. This special issue of Cognitive Neuroscience: Current Debates, Research & Reports presents nine new empirical papers investigating the dynamic neural mechanisms of attentional selection, working memory, and executive control. The papers in this special issue utilize electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods, along with advanced analysis techniques, to identify the neural substrates and dynamic mechanisms underlying the orienting and shifting of attention, as well as the representation and maintenance of information in working memory. These articles inform theories of attentional selection by providing a deeper understanding of social influences on the allocation of attention as well as illuminating the role of selection history in biasing neural activity and behavior. Finally, the research presented here has broader impacts on the field of cognitive neuroscience, as results from studies investigating the coupling between bands of oscillatory neural activity provide exciting new insights into the coordination between widespread brain networks.

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注意控制和执行功能。

注意控制和执行功能的过程对于在日常生活中进行有效导航和操作至关重要，而这些核心过程中的缺陷会造成严重后果。尽管对这些主题的研究已有很长的历史，但对于支持这些过程的大脑机制仍然知之甚少。本期《认知神经科学：当前辩论，研究与报告》特刊提出了九篇新的经验论文，研究了注意选择，工作记忆和执行控制的动态神经机制。本期特刊中的论文利用电生理学和神经影像学方法以及先进的分析技术来识别神经基质以及引起注意力定向和转移的动力机制，以及工作记忆中信息的表示和维护。这些文章通过更深入地了解社会对注意力分配的影响，并阐明了选择历史在偏向神经活动和行为中的作用，从而为注意选择理论提供了信息。最后，这里提出的研究对认知神经科学领域产生了更广泛的影响，因为研究振荡神经活动带之间的耦合的研究结果为广泛的大脑网络之间的协调提供了令人振奋的新见解。