Cognitive control articles from across Nature Portfolio

Impaired self-control is linked to altered performance monitoring. In this multimodal study with 221 participants, high compulsivity predicted worse daily self-control, and ERN predicted better selfcontrol only at low impulsivity and compulsivity.

Connectome gradient mapping reveals hierarchical cortical compression in primary angle-closure glaucoma linking visual and default mode network disruption to cognitive impairment and synaptic-related gene expression.

This study shows that medial septal parvalbumin neurons causally control hippocampal place cell dynamics during memory encoding, thereby supporting object-place recognition and rescuing sleep deprivation-induced memory deficits.

Approach and avoidance behavior is disrupted in many psychiatric disorders, but the neural circuits that support this behavior are unknown. Here, the authors identify a theta-mediated limbic circuit that support approach and avoidance decision-making, contributing to a network understanding of psychiatric disorders, especially those characterized by maladaptive avoidance.

In this Journal Club, Chenyan Zhang highlights a 2005 study that showed that the amplification of task-relevant information makes a key contribution to cognitive control.

As alcohol and cannabis consumption rise around the world, we call for a global treaty to regulate misuse, inspired by the WHO Tobacco Control Framework.