Neuroscience

Neuroscience

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    Domain-general computational integration in the Sense of Agency

    Amir Harduf, Ophir Netzer ... Roy Salomon
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    Curriculum learning for complex tasks

    Tsvetomira Dumbalska, Kinsey Yuen ... Christopher Summerfield
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    Inhibitory Control, Shifting, and Working Memory Updating Domains form Cognitive Phenotypes in Non-human Primates

    Xuan Wen, Leo Malchin ... Thilo Womelsdorf
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    Pharmacogenetic manipulation of Locus coeruleus activity in monkeys demonstrates its role in cognitive effort

    Pauline Perez, Sebastien Bouret
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    Auditory-motor interactions are sensitive to adaptation and learning on multiple timescales

    Haiqin Zhang, Giorgia Cantisani, Shihab Shamma
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    Foveated metamers of the early visual system

    William Broderick, Gizem Rufo ... Eero Simoncelli
    Perceptual metamers reveal that the visual system averages luminance over a spatial extent four times smaller than spectral energy, but such estimates depend critically on experimental design choices.
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    Individual Taste Preferences Predict Cortical Taste Dynamics but Are Modified by Experience

    Kathleen C Maigler, Jian-You Lin ... Donald B Katz
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    2. Physiology

    Fitness Level, but not Sex, affects Exercise-Induced Pain Modulation

    Janne I Nold, Tahmine Fadai ... Christian Büchel
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    1. Neuroscience

    Striatal dopamine and serotonin release operate largely in parallel with limited, asymmetric crosstalk

    Fabrice Chaudun, Yu Liu ... Christian Lüscher
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    1. Neuroscience

    Reduced dorsal CA1 activity limits retention of the temporal component of declarative memory in the Cntnap2 knockout mouse model of autism

    Elise Caitlin Rawlinson, Michael Hugh McCullough ... Nathalie Dehorter
    Restoring hippocampal CA1 activation during temporal gaps is sufficient to rescue long-term memory in a mouse model of autism.
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Highlights

    1. Neuroscience
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    How monkeys carve up the visual world

    Binxu Wang
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    Understanding the cellular architecture of Huntington’s disease

    Dorian Pustina
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    Stronger memories through smarter stimulation

    Justin Riddle

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