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Continuous goal representations: Distance in representational space affects goal switching.

Theorists across all fields of psychology consider goals crucial for human action control. Still, the question of how precisely goals are represented in the cognitive system is rarely addressed. Here, we explore the idea that goals are represented as distributed patterns of activation that coexist w...

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Published in:Memory & Cognition Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 1656 - 1677
Main Authors: Senftleben, Ulrike, Frisch, Simon, Dshemuchadse, Maja, Scherbaum, Stefan, Surrey, Caroline
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2025
Subjects:
Executive function
Paradigms (Social sciences)
Motivation (Psychology)
Cognition
Brain physiology
Research funding
Neural pathways
Color vision
Experimental design
Psychology of movement
Cognitive flexibility
Thought & thinking
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