The component analysis of cognition has shown that some presumed sleep deprivation induced deficits in cognition, for example, impaired working memory functioning, were not really deficits, but were instead the result of simpler cognitive processes that had not been properly identified and isolated for analysis. We have found that sleep deprivation impairs distinct and separable components of cognitive control, namely, stable and flexible attentional control. My research focuses on the effects of sleep deprivation on cognition. My research examines cognitive control processes that contribute to decision making under constraint. This paper examines the link between affective experience and decision-making performance. This study seeks to validate a measure of predicted and actual affective experience in a sample of older adults while comparing their ability to predict and. In laboratory studies we use cognitive or affective challenges, such as memory loads and divided attention tasks, to examine how these challenges constrain good decision making. People often make decisions under suboptimal conditions, including conditions of distraction, information overload, stress, or fatigue from sleep loss, leading to less than ideal decision outcomes. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued as part of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (OppNet), encourages research grant applications that propose to increase understanding of the basic cognitive, affective, motivational, and social processes that underlie decision making across the lifespan. The primary objective of my research is to better understand how cold cognition (rational or deliberative processes) and hot cognition (affective or emotional processes) contribute to decision making.
Areas of InterestĪffective and non-affective factors in decision making, Cognitive control and flexibility, Sleep deprivation effects on cognition Research Scope Affective and Cognitive Influences in Decisions John M.
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