metacontrol

The Metacontrol Lab at Shandong Normal University is headed by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hommel (https://www.bernhard-hommel.eu). 
Metacontrol is the ability to adjust to different challenges in one's physical or social environment. Some challenges call for focus, will-power, analytical strength, and maintenance (= persistence), while others call for a broad view, an open mind, mental plasticity, and spontaneity (= flexibility). We study:
* The functional and neural underpinnings of metacontrol;
* The impact of intra- and inter-individual differences in metacontrol biases towards persistence and flexibility on performance, personality, and psychopathology;
* The possibilities to enhance the adaptivity of metacontrol through interventions.