Cognitive control: from resistance-to-interference to metamemory strategies in aging

Resistance-to-interference, inhibition, executive functions, metamemory, self-regulation, impulsivity, and attentional control are many terms used to refer to (or define) cognitive control. Among those terminologies, some are focused on unnecessary thoughts or actions, while others are directed and consciously initiated. Still, most are often reported as declining with aging. Regarding the idea of involuntary or undirected cognition, Coline Grégoire will present her PhD thesis questioning the domain-generality or specificity of Resistance to Interference. Her work was based on inconclusive data, as noted by a literature review, followed by a behavioral and an fMRI study conducted with young and older adults. To answer the question of domain-generality/specificity, she used a systematic methodology by creating a recent-negative task and a similarity-judgment task, and both declined in three domains, phonological, semantic, and visual, within a Bayesian approach. Then, when it comes to deliberate control and monitoring, Coline will briefly present how older adults use their metamemory ability to regulate themselves in long-term memory with both behavioral and neuroimaging (EEG) approaches