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Upcoming Events
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Monika Dunin-Kozicka (Lublin)<br><b>An Experiential Account of Pretense</b>
<i>Fellow Lecture Neuroscience</i> <br>Genela Morris (Tel Aviv)<br><b>Separate neurons for gains and losses: single-neuron recordings in the human brain</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Daniel Burnston (Tulane University) & Tomas J. Ryan (Trinity College Dublin/CIFAR)<br><b>An Alternative to Encoding for Thinking About Neural Representation</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Jakub Rudnicki (RUB) <br><b>The semantics of event schema</b>
<i>Psychology</i> <br>Mats Dombrowe (RUB) <br><b>Tau pathology disrupts neural navigation codes in the human medial temporal lobe</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Stephan Pohl (NYU) & Wej Ji Ma (NYU)<br><b>Clarifying the Conceptual Dimensions of Representation in Neuroscience</b>
Relevant Publications
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Selective spatial attention to competing speakers in azimuth and depth: Evidence from real and virtual environments
Stress, path integration, and the entorhinal cortex
Predictive acoustical processing in human cortical layers
Representational dynamics during extinction of fear memories in the human brain
Loops all the way up: Recurrency as an implementation-first primitive for consciousness
Selective spatial attention to competing speakers in azimuth and depth: Evidence from real and virtual environments
What is self-control? A discussion of unresolved issues.
From Gut Feeling to Gray Matter: Mapping Defecation Urgency in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
The effects of pre-extinction stress vs. physical exercise on contextual retrieval and generalization
Remembering without (representational) memory: a neuro-computational study on regaining categoricity and compositionality from minimal traces
Representational dynamics during extinction of fear memories in the human brain
Abstract Extinction learning—the suppression of a previously acquired fear response—is critical for adaptive behaviour and core for understanding the aetiology and treatment of anxiety disorders. Electrophysiological studies in rodents have revealed critical roles of theta (4–12 Hz) oscillations in amygdala and …
When is learning “effortful”? Scrutinizing the concept of mental effort in cognitively-oriented research from a motivational perspective
Interindividual Variability in Memory Performance Is Related to Corticothalamic Networks during Memory Encoding and Retrieval
Encoding new memories relies on functional connections between the medial temporal lobe and the frontoparietal cortices. Multiscan fMRI showed changes in these functional connections before and after memory encoding, potentially influenced by the thalamus. As different thalamic nuclei are interconnected …
Extinction context is learned by pigeons, not given by the environment
Abstract The saying “context is everything” underscores the importance of interpreting things, be they quotes, events, actions, or stimuli, not in isolation but in the light of a bigger picture – their context. This is evident even in fundamental forms …
Foundation Models – A New Paradigm for Artificial Intelligence
Regional prefrontal and hippocampal differences in gray matter volume are linked to the propensity for renewal in extinction learning
Introduction The renewal effect of extinction describes the reoccurrence of an extinguished response if recall is performed in a context that is not the same as the extinction context. This learning phenomenon is clinically relevant, since it potentially interferes with …

