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K. Richard Ridderinkhof 
Professor
of Neurocognitive Development and Aging
University of Amsterdam tel
(+31) (0)20 5256119
dept. of Psychology fax
(+31) (0)20 6390279
Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
e-mail (remove
spaces): K.R.Ridderinkhof @ uva.nl
Head
of the Amsterdam center for the study of
adaptive control in brain and behavior (Acacia)
Head
of SeniorLAB, the Acacia website for research into neurocognitive aging
My area of research is the functional and neural basis for adaptive
cognitive control. That is, what are the
elementary and control processes and their underlying neural mechanisms that
link perception to intentional action?
Thus, central themes are
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context processing (the processes that guide and constrain our cognitive system
to produce intentional and appropriate behavior);
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maintenance and shift of preparatory set ([re-]configuring the cognitive system
to handle an upcoming event);
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attentional control (the selection of task-relevant information);
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perception-action coupling (translation from stimulus events into appropriate
actions, and coordination of the reciprocal linkages between the perceptual and
response systems);
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interference control (the coordination and inhibition of conflicting or
inappropriate response tendencies);
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performance monitoring and adjustment (monitoring one’s actions and action
tendencies as well as the external environment for signs of error or conflict,
and accordingly signaling the need to instigate adjustments in any of the
afore-mentioned processes);
-
reward processing and adaptive decision making.
