We present a cognitive model of a repeated serial subtraction arithmetic task in the ACT-R cognitive architecture (Anderson & Lebiere, 1998) that is modified to demonstrate how the influence of biobehavioral effects on cognition (sometimes called behavioral moderators) can be studied through a combination of cognitive modeling experimental psychology, and physiological psychology techniques.
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