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Upcoming Events
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Megan Peters (UCL) & Hojjat Azimi Asrari (UCL)<br><b>How Brains Build Higher Order Representations of Uncertainty</b>
<i>Biopsychology</i> <br>Anika Kuckertz (Heinrich Heine Universität Düssledorf) & Kai Benning (FZ Juelich)) <br><b>TBA</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Nathan Wildman (Tilburg)<br><b>Fictional virtual actions</b>
<i>Cognitive Psychology</i> <br>Leander Fester (RUB) <br><b>Freezing in humans? Postural sway as a readout of conditioned fear</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Krystyna Bielecka (University of Warsaw) & Marcin Milkowski (Polish Academy of Sciences)<br><b>Contentful Skills: Procedural Memory and the Representational Challenge to Non-Representational Cognition</b>
<i>Philosophy</i> <br>Henry Taylor (University of Birmingham) <br><b>TBA</b>
Relevant Publications
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A computationally efficient music processing algorithm for cochlear implants based on an auditory adaptation model
A computationally efficient music processing algorithm for cochlear implants based on an auditory adaptation model
From Gut Feeling to Gray Matter: Mapping Defecation Urgency in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
What is self-control? A discussion of unresolved issues.
Animal empathy reconsidered: a multidimensional profile account
Stress, path integration, and the entorhinal cortex
Predictive acoustical processing in human cortical layers
Remembering without (representational) memory: a neuro-computational study on regaining categoricity and compositionality from minimal traces
Selective spatial attention to competing speakers in azimuth and depth: Evidence from real and virtual environments
The role of episodic memory in causal reasoning with counterfactuals: A perspective from predictive processing and trace minimalism
The multidimensional profile methodology (MPM) for comparative cognition: towards a universal strategy of understanding animal minds
Abstract How can we develop an adequate scientific understanding of the minds of nonhuman animals? We argue for a methodology based on multi-dimensional profile accounts. Such accounts are already used for the comparative study of norm cognition, consciousness, empathy and …
A neural signature of touch aversion and interpersonal problems in Borderline Personality Disorder
Introduction: Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) suffer from severe social impairments and interpersonal problems. Social touch can provide comfort and facilitate the maintenance of social bonds, and preliminary evidence indicates a negative evaluation of social touch in patients with …
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 …
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
Three types of phenomenal consciousness and their functional roles: unfolding the ALARM theory of consciousness
The evolution of consciousness is a neglected topic that plays a surprisingly insignificant role in all major theories of consciousness. Furthermore, substantial disagreements can be observed in the dominant views on the neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs), which focus too …
Foundation Models – A New Paradigm for Artificial Intelligence
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 …

