TY - JOUR
T1 - Executive functions are cognitive gadgets
AU - Braem, Senne
AU - Hommel, Bernhard
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Many psychologists and neuroscientists still see executive functions as independent, domain-general, supervisory functions, that are often dissociated from more “low-level” associative learning. Here, we suggest that executive functions very much build on associative learning, and argue that executive functions might be better understood as culture-sensitive cognitive gadgets, rather than ready-made cognitive instincts.
AB - Many psychologists and neuroscientists still see executive functions as independent, domain-general, supervisory functions, that are often dissociated from more “low-level” associative learning. Here, we suggest that executive functions very much build on associative learning, and argue that executive functions might be better understood as culture-sensitive cognitive gadgets, rather than ready-made cognitive instincts.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072110456&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X19001043
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X19001043
M3 - Comment/debate
VL - 42
SP - e173
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
SN - 0140-525X
M1 - e173
ER -