@article{01HEJGGCXKNH7FHK8VER0ED9R1,
  abstract     = {{Cognitive flexibility refers to a mental state that allows efficient switching between tasks. While deciding to be flexible is often ascribed to a strategic resource-intensive executive process, people may also simply use their environment to trigger different states of cognitive flexibility. We developed a paradigm where participants were exposed to two environments with different task-switching probabilities, followed by a probe phase to test the impact of environmental cues. Our results show that people were more efficient at switching in a high-switch environment. Critically, we observe environment-specific triggering of cognitive flexibility after a 4-day training period (Experiment 2, N = 51), but not after a 1-day training period (Experiment 1, N = 52). Together, these findings suggest that people can associate the need for cognitive flexibility with their environment, providing an environmental triggering mechanism for cognitive control.}},
  author       = {{Xu, Shengjie and Simoens, Jonas and Verguts, Tom and Braem, Senne}},
  issn         = {{0096-3445}},
  journal      = {{JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL}},
  keywords     = {{Developmental Neuroscience,General Psychology,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,cognitive flexibility,cognitive control,context,task-switching,associative learning,HIERARCHICAL CONTROL,MEMORY,SLEEP,MODULATION,STABILITY,SELECTION,CORTEX,REWARD}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{328--338}},
  title        = {{Learning where to be flexible : using environmental cues to regulate cognitive control}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001488}},
  volume       = {{153}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}

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