Publications:

Salvucci, D. D., & Taatgen, N. A. (in press). Threaded cognition: An integrated theory of concurrent multitasking. Psychological Review.
Arslan, B., Taatgen, N., & Verbrugge, R. (2017). Five-year-olds’ systematic errors in second-order false belief tasks are due to first-order theory of mind strategy selection: A computational modeling study. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:275.
Nijboer, M., Borst, J.P., Van Rijn, H., & Taatgen, N.A. (2016). Contrasting Single and Multi-Component Working-Memory Systems in Dual Tasking. Cognitive Psychology 86, 1-26.
Borst, J.P., Nijboer, M., Taatgen, N.A., Van Rijn, H., & Anderson, J.R. (2015). Using Data-Driven Model-Brain Mappings to Constrain Formal Models of Cognition. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0119673.
Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2015). What Makes Interruptions Disruptive? A Process-Model Account of the Effects of the Problem State Bottleneck on Task Interruption and Resumption. In Proceedings CHI 2015. Seoul, Korea.
Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2013). Validating Models of Complex, Real-Life Tasks Using fMRI. In A. Johnson & R.W. Proctor (Eds.), Neuroergonomics: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Human Factors and Ergonomics. Palgrave MacMillan.
Borst, J.P., Buwalda, T.A., Van Rijn, H., & Taatgen, N.A. (2013). Avoiding the Problem State Bottleneck by Strategic use of the Environment. Acta Psychologica 144(2), 373-379.
Nijboer, M., Taatgen, N.A., Brands, A., Borst, J.P., & Van Rijn, H. (2013). Decision Making in Concurrent Multitasking: Do People Adapt to Task Interference? PLoS ONE 8(11), e79583.
Borst, J.P., Nijboer, M., Taatgen, N.A., & Anderson, J.R. (2013). A Data-Driven Mapping of Five ACT-R Modules on the Brain. In R. West & T. Stewart (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ottawa: Carleton University.
Nijboer, M., Borst, J.P., van Rijn, H., & Taatgen, N.A. (2013). Predicting Interference in Concurrent Multitasking. In R. West & T. Stewart (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ottawa: Carleton University.
Arslan, B., Taatgen, N., Verbrugge, R. (2013). Modeling Developmental Transitions in Reasoning about False Beliefs of Others. In R. West & T. Stewart (eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Ottawa: Carleton University.
Nijboer, M., Taatgen. N., van Rijn, H. (2012). Choices, choices: Task selection preference during concurrent multitasking. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin.
Nyamsuren, E. & Taatgen, N. (2012). Pre-attentive and attentive vision module. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin.
Lende, L. K. & Taatgen, N. (2012). Modeling representation shifts in learning the number line. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin.
Lende, L. K. & Taatgen, N. (2012). Modeling representation shifts in learning the number line. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin.
Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2011). Using a Symbolic Process Model as input for Model-Based fMRI Analysis: Locating the Neural Correlates of Problem State Replacements. NeuroImage, 58(1), 137-147.
Buwalda, T.A., Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2011). Evading a Multitasking Bottleneck: Presenting Intermediate Representations in the Environment. In Proceedings of the 33st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.
Mehlhorn, K., Taatgen, N.A., Lebiere, C., & Krems, J.F. (2011). Memory Activation and the Availability of Explanations in Sequential Diagnostic Reasoning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 37, 1391-1411.
Borst, J., Taatgen, N. A., van Rijn, H., & Stocco, A. (2010). Testing fMRI predictions of a Cognitive Model of the Problem State Multitasking Bottleneck. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Portland, OR.
Borst, J., Taatgen, N. A., & van Rijn, H. (2010). Locating the Neural Correlates of the Problem State Resource: Analyzing fMRI Data on the Basis of a Computational Model. In D. D. Salvucci & G. Gunzelmann (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 287-288). Philadelphia, PA: Drexel University.
Taatgen, N. A. & van Rijn, H. (2010). Nice Graphs, Good R2, but still a poor fit? How to be more sure your model explains your data. In D. D. Salvucci & G. Gunzelmann (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 247-252). Philadelphia, PA: Drexel University.
Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., Stocco, A., & Van Rijn, H. (2010). The Neural Correlates of Problem States: Testing fMRI Predictions of a Computational Model of Multitasking. PLoS ONE 5(9): e12966. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012966.
Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2010). The Problem State: A Cognitive Bottleneck in Multitasking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 36(2), 363-382.
Juvina, I., & Taatgen, N. A. (2009). A repetition-suppression account of between-trial effects in a modified Stroop paradigm. Acta Psychologica, 131(1), 72-84.
Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2009). Modeling Triple-Tasking without Customized Cognitive Control. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.
Salvucci, D.D., Taatgen, N.A., & Borst, J.P. (2009). Toward a Unified Theory of the Multitasking Continuum: From Concurrent Performance to Task Switching, Interruption, and Resumption. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI 2009 Conference Proceedings (pp. 1819-1828). New York: ACM Press.
Borst, J. P., Taatgen, N. A., van Rijn , D. H., Stocco, A., & Fincham, J. M. (2009). Testing fMRI predictions of a dual-task interference model. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Cognitive Modeling (paper 236), Manchester, United Kingdom.
Taatgen, N.A., Juvina, I., Schipper, M., Borst, J.P., & Martens, S. (2009). Too Much Control can Hurt: A Threaded Cognition Model of the Attentional Blink. Cognitive Psychology, 59(1), 1-29.
Taatgen, N.A., Huss, D., Dickison, D.H., & Anderson, J.R. (2008). The Acquisition of Robust and Flexible Cognitive Skills. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137(3), 548-565.
Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., Stocco, A., & Van Rijn, H. (2008). Locating the Problem Representation Bottleneck in the Brain. In Proceedings of the fourteenth annual ACT-R workshop.
Taatgen, N.A. & Anderson, J.R. (2008). ACT-R. In R. Sun (ed.), Constraints in Cognitive Architectures. Cambridge University Press, pp 170-185.
Taatgen, N., Van Rijn, H., Anderson, J. R. (2007). An integrated theory of prospective time interval estimation: The role of cognition, attention, and learning. Psychological Review, 114(3), 577-598.
Juvina, I., Taatgen, N.A., & Dickison, D. (2007). Cognitive Control as Alternation of Activation and Suppression in the Stroop Task. In proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Nashville, TN, USA.
Juvina, I. & Taatgen, N.A. (2007). Modeling Control Strategies in the N-Back Task. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
van Rijn, H. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). A model of parallel time estimation. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Taatgen, N. A., Juvina, I., Herd, S., Jilk, D., & Martens, S. (2007). Attentional blink: An internal traffic jam? In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Borst, J. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). The costs of multitasking in threaded cognition. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Dickison, D. H. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). ACT-R Models of cognitive control in the Abstract Decision Making Task. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Salvucci, D. D. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). An integrated approach to modeling concurrent multitasking. In The 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Salvucci, D. D., Taatgen, N. A., & Kushleyeva, Y. (2006). Learning when to switch tasks in a dynamic multitasking environment. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 268-273). Trieste, Italy.
Huss, D., Taatgen, N. A., & Anderson, J. R. (2006). Instructional Representation in cognitive modeling. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 367-368). Trieste, Italy.
Juvina, I. & Taatgen, N. A. (2006). How attentional blink facilitates multitasking. In proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2520 ) . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Taatgen, N. A., Huss, D., & Anderson, J. R. (2006). How cognitive models can inform the design of instructions. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 304-309). Trieste, Italy.
Taatgen, N.A., Lebiere, C. & Anderson, J.R. (2006). Modeling Paradigms in ACT-R. In R. Sun (ed.), Cognition and Multi-Agent Interaction: From Cognitive Modeling to Social Simulation. Cambridge University Press; 29-52.
Anderson, J. R., Taatgen, N. A., & Byrne, M. D. (2005) Learning to achieve perfect time sharing: Architectural implications of Hazeltine, Teague, & Ivry (2002). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 31, 749-761.
Taatgen, N., Anderson, J. R., Dickison, D., & van Rijn, H. (2005) Time Interval Estimation: Internal Clock or Attentional Mechanism? In B. Bara, L. Barsalou & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Taatgen, N.A. (2005). Modeling parallelization and flexibility improvements in skill acquisition: from dual tasks to complex dynamic skills. Cognitive Science, 29, 421-455.
Johnson, A. & Taatgen, N.A. (2004) User modeling. In Robert W. Proctor and Kim-Phuong L. Vu (Eds.), The Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design.
Zondervan, K., Verbrugge, R., & Taatgen, N. A. (2004). Modeling the ability to reason about oneself and others in educational contexts. In Proceedings of the sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 418-419). Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh.
Taatgen, N.A. (winter 2004). Production compilation: a versatile cognitive mechanism. AISB Quarterly p. 7.
Taatgen, N., van Rijn, H., & Anderson, J. R. (2004). Time perception: Beyond simple interval estimation. In Proceedings of the sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 296-301). Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh.
Taatgen, N.A. & Dijkstra, M. (2003). Constraints on Generalization: Why are past-tense irregularization errors so rare? Proceedings of the 25th annual conference of the cognitive science society (pp. 1146-1151). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum
Taatgen, N.A. & Lee, F.J. (2003). Production Compilation: A simple mechanism to model Complex Skill Acquisition. Human Factors, 45(1), 61-76.
Taatgen, N.A., van Oploo, M., Braaksma, J. & Niemantsverdriet, J. (2003). How to construct a believable opponent using cognitive modeling in the game of Set. In F. Detje, D Dörner and H. Schaub (eds.), Proceedings of the fifth international conference on cognitive modeling (pp. 201-206). Bamberg: Universitätsverlag Bamberg.
Zondervan, K. & Taatgen, N.A. (2003). The determiners model: a cognitive model of macro development and U-shaped learning in a micro domain. In F. Detje, D Dörner and H. Schaub (eds.), Proceedings of the fifth international conference on cognitive modeling (pp. 225-230). Bamberg: Universitätsverlag Bamberg.
Taatgen, N.A. (2003). Learning rules and productions. In: L. Nadel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, vol. 2 (pp. 822-830). London: MacMillan.
Taatgen, N.A. & Anderson, J.R. (2002). Why do children learn to say "broke"? A model of learning the past tense without feedback. Cognition, 86(2), 123-155.
Taatgen, N. A. & Wallach, D. (2002). Whether skill acquisition is rule or instance based is determined by the structure of the task. Cognitive Science Quarterly, 2(2), 163-204.
Taatgen, N. A. (2002). A model of individual differences in skill acquisition in the Kanfer-Ackerman Air Traffic Control Task. Cognitive Systems Research, 3(1), 103-112. (ACT-R 4)
Lee, F.J. & Taatgen, N.A. (2002). Multi-tasking as Skill Acquisition. Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual conference of the cognitive science society (pp. 572-577). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Fairfax, VA: August, 2002.
Misker, J., Taatgen, N. A., & Aasman, J. (2001). Validating a tool for simulating user interaction. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, pp. 163-168. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Taatgen, N. A. (2001). A model of individual differences in learning Air Traffic Control. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, pp. 211-216. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Taatgen, N. A. (2001). Extending the Past-tense debate: A model of the german plural. In J. D. Moore and K. Stenning, Proceedings of the twenty-third annual conference of the cognitive science society, 1018-1023. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Jongman, L. & Taatgen, N. A. (1999). An ACT-R model of individual differences in changes in adaptivity due to mental fatigue (pp. 246-251). In Proceedings of the twenty-first annual conference of the cognitive science society. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Taatgen, N. A. (1999). A model of learning task-specific knowledge for a new task. In Proceedings of the twenty-first annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 730-735). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Taatgen, N. A. (1999). Learning without limits: from problem solving toward a unified theory of learning. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Lebiere, C., Wallach, D. & Taatgen, N. (1998). Implicit and explicit learning in ACT-R. In F. Ritter & R. Young (Eds.). Cognitive Modeling II (pp. 183-193). Nottingham: Nottingham University Press.
Taatgen, N. A. (1997). A rational analysis of alternating search and reflection in problem solving. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Taatgen, N. A. & Anderson, J. R. (2009). The Past, Present, and Future of Cognitive Architectures. topiCS in Cognitive Science, 1-12.

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