The central executive system.

Executive functioning has been said to bear on a range of traditional philosophical topics, such as consciousness, thought, and action. Surprisingly, philosophers have not much engaged with the scientific literature on executive functioning. This lack of engagement may be due to several influential...

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Published in:Synthese Vol. 195; no. 5; pp. 1969 - 1992
Main Author: Buehler, Denis
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Published: Springer Nature May2018
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