... about how value influences the acquisition and representation of incoming sensory information, or about the neural mechanisms that track the relative value of different objects to guide behavior," ...
... idea that individuals indeed engaged in simplifying strategies. "Our findings indicate that the neural mechanisms of choice reflect more than competition between decision variables; they additionally ...
... work, published by Cell Press in the June 11th issue of the journal Neuron, presents a critical new neural mechanism that supports the decision to adapt or maintain behavior when change ...
... promotion of behavioral flexibility during voluntary choice. The work presents a critical new neural mechanism that supports the decision to adapt or maintain behavior when change is not explicitly ...
... regulation, which is unique to humans. This study examined the similarities and differences in the neural mechanisms underlying both of these approaches in diminishing fear.
Previous work in rodents ...
... Klucharev from the F.C. Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging in The Netherlands. "However, the neural mechanisms of social conformity remain unclear."
Dr. Klucharev and colleagues hypothesized ...
... empathetic abilities to imagine the pain of others, with activation of midline brain structures being the neural signature of this cognitive-emotional process.
"Our findings underline the major role ...
... in its wake a quantity that represents a degree of belief. The neural mechanism of decision making doesn't flip into a fixed point, but instead approximates a probability distribution."
... impact the mind and behavior, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. Now, new research provides fascinating insight into the specific neural effect of the power of suggestion. The ...
New research reveals that children with developmental dyslexia have a deficit in a brain mechanism involved in the perception of speech in a noisy environment. The study, published by Cell Press in ...
... of brain processes, including the senses of sight, hearing, balance, and touch, and the neural mechanisms of action. The lab is working toward the development of implanted neural prosthetic devices ...
... in an otherwise quiet environment, this novel study will influence future research investigations aimed at uncovering the neural mechanisms of conscious perception in natural and complex environments.
... the endowment effect occurs regularly and robustly in both laboratory and natural settings, the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying this effect remain unclear," says study author Dr. Brian ...
... in a social interaction. New research from Carnegie Mellon University sheds light on the neural mechanisms that are responsible for such social difficulties in autism, and on the workings of these ...
... another person's intentions in a social interaction. New research sheds light on the neural mechanisms that are responsible for such social difficulties in autism, and on the workings of these social ...