What is the subjective cost of cognitive effort? Load, trait, and aging effects revealed by economic preference.

It has long been assumed that people treat cognitive effort as costly, but also that such effort costs may vary greatly across individuals. Individual differences in subjective effort could present a major and pervasive confound in behavioral and neuroscience assessments, by conflating cognitive abi...

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Main Authors: Andrew Westbrook, Daria Kester, Todd S Braver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3718823?pdf=render