Project

Neural and computational mechanisms of cognitive effort and uncertainty

Code
01SC4425
Duration
01 October 2025 → 30 September 2029
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Psychophysiology
    • Motivation and emotion
Keywords
cognitive effort reward uncertainty ADHD
 
Project description

Across two tasks, we will manipulate uncertainty in reward-related cues preceding the task-relevant stimuli. Behavioral, pupillometry, and EEG data will track decision-making and effort allocation processes in neurotypical adults and adults with ADHD. This research strives to delineate how uncertainty cues influence both the anticipatory allocation of cognitive effort and the actual cognitive effort exerted during a task.