An important function of working memory (WM) is to integrate incoming information into an appropriate cognitive model by using two executive functions (EFs that govern the coordination and manipulation of information in WM (Baddeley, 2012). Three core EFs are commonly differentiated: updating, shifting, and inhibition (Scharinger et al., 2015). In order to design an augmented cognition program that identifies and extracts meaningful neurophysiological features related to a human operator’s cognitive state as well as the level of mental workload, we must first understand neural mechanisms underlying EFs, which are building blocks of cognition.
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