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View article: Ensemble Blindsight
Ensemble Blindsight Open
A central challenge in consciousness research is to dissociate perception from awareness usingrigorous, bias-free methods. Traditional approaches often suffer from two key limitations: thecriterion biases in reporting perceptual (un)awaren…
View article: Ensemble Blindsight
Ensemble Blindsight Open
A central challenge in consciousness research is to dissociate perception from awareness usingrigorous, bias-free methods. Traditional approaches often suffer from two key limitations: thecriterion biases in reporting perceptual (un)awaren…
View article: Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus
Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus Open
The scope of unconscious processing has long been, and still remains, a hotly debated issue. This is driven in part by the current diversity of methods to manipulate and measure perceptual consciousness. We provide here ten recommendations…
View article: Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus
Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus Open
The scope of unconscious processing has long been, and still remains, a hotly debated issue. This is driven in part by the current diversity of methods to manipulate and measure perceptual consciousness. We provide here ten recommendations…
View article: Performance Feedback Triggers Liberal Detection and Perceptual Confidence Biases in Early Childhood: Implications for metacognitive training
Performance Feedback Triggers Liberal Detection and Perceptual Confidence Biases in Early Childhood: Implications for metacognitive training Open
Metacognition allows us to monitor our own mental processes and the quality of our decisions in order to promote adaptive behavior and learning across different domains. Despite its potential, the role of metacognition in children—who ofte…
View article: What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?
What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific? Open
Theories of consciousness have a long and controversial history. One well-known proposal — integrated information theory — has recently been labeled as ‘pseudoscience’, which has caused a heated open debate. Here we discuss the case and ar…
View article: Enhancing fMRI decoded neurofeedback with co-adaptive training: simulation and proof-of-principle evidence
Enhancing fMRI decoded neurofeedback with co-adaptive training: simulation and proof-of-principle evidence Open
A significant challenge for neurofeedback training research and related clinical applications, is participants’ difficulty in learning to induce specific brain patterns during training. Here, we address this issue in the context of fMRI-ba…
View article: Brain Representation in Conscious and Unconscious Vision
Brain Representation in Conscious and Unconscious Vision Open
The development of robust frameworks to understand how the human brain represents conscious and unconscious perceptual contents is paramount to make progress in the neuroscience of consciousness. Recent functional MRI studies using multi-v…
View article: Domain Adaptation-Enhanced Searchlight: Enabling classification of brain states from visual perception to mental imagery
Domain Adaptation-Enhanced Searchlight: Enabling classification of brain states from visual perception to mental imagery Open
In cognitive neuroscience and brain-computer interface research, accurately predicting imagined stimuli is crucial. This study investigates the effectiveness of Domain Adaptation (DA) in enhancing imagery prediction using primarily visual …
View article: Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus
Studying unconscious processing: Contention and consensus Open
The scope of unconscious processing has long been, and still remains, a hotly debated issue. This is driven in part by the current diversity of methods to manipulate and measure perceptual consciousness. We provide here ten recommendations…
View article: Performance Feedback Triggers Liberal Detection and Perceptual Confidence Biases in Early Childhood: Implications for metacognitive training
Performance Feedback Triggers Liberal Detection and Perceptual Confidence Biases in Early Childhood: Implications for metacognitive training Open
Metacognition allows us to monitor our own mental processes and the quality of our decisions in order to promote adaptive behavior and learning across different domains. Despite its potential, the role of metacognition in children—who ofte…
View article: Performance Feedback Triggers Liberal Detection and Perceptual Confidence Biases in Early Childhood: Implications for metacognitive training
Performance Feedback Triggers Liberal Detection and Perceptual Confidence Biases in Early Childhood: Implications for metacognitive training Open
Metacognition allows us to monitor our own mental processes and the quality of our decisions in order to promote adaptive behavior and learning across different domains. Despite its potential, its direct application in primary school educa…
View article: Confidence prediction error predicts learning and insight experience during problem solving
Confidence prediction error predicts learning and insight experience during problem solving Open
Meta-reasoning is one of the remarkable feats of natural intelligence. While engaged in a cognitive task, an agent monitors and controls the reasoning process. However, the precise link between meta-reasoning and learning remains to be elu…
View article: Brain representation in conscious and unconscious vision
Brain representation in conscious and unconscious vision Open
The development of robust frameworks to understand how the human brain represents conscious and unconscious perceptual contents is paramount to make progress in the neuroscience of consciousness. Recent functional MRI studies using multi-v…
View article: Characterising the role of awareness in ensemble perception.
Characterising the role of awareness in ensemble perception. Open
Ensemble representations are efficient codes that the brain generates effortlessly even under noisy conditions. However, the role of visual awareness for computing ensemble representations remains unclear. We present two psychophysical exp…
View article: Dorsal Raphe to Basolateral Amygdala Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Circuit Regulates Cocaine-Memory Reconsolidation
Dorsal Raphe to Basolateral Amygdala Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Circuit Regulates Cocaine-Memory Reconsolidation Open
Environmental stimuli elicit drug craving and relapse in cocaine users by triggering the retrieval of strong cocaine-related contextual memories. Retrieval can also destabilize drug memories, requiring reconsolidation, a protein synthesis-…
View article: A novel image database for social concepts reveals preference biases in autistic spectrum in adults and children
A novel image database for social concepts reveals preference biases in autistic spectrum in adults and children Open
Human beings display the extraordinary ability of grasping and communicating abstract concepts. Yet, no standardized instruments exist to assess this ability. Developing these tools is paramount for understanding abstract representations s…
View article: Brain-wide representation of social knowledge
Brain-wide representation of social knowledge Open
Understanding how the human brain maps different dimensions of social conceptualizations remains a key unresolved issue. We performed a functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study in which participants were exposed to audio definitio…
View article: Think twice: Re-assessing confidence improves visual metacognition
Think twice: Re-assessing confidence improves visual metacognition Open
Metacognition is a fundamental feature of human behavior that has adaptive functional value. Current understanding of the factors that influence metacognition remains incomplete, and we lack protocols to improve metacognition. Here, we int…
View article: Unconscious Manipulation of Conceptual Representations with Decoded Neurofeedback Impacts Search Behavior
Unconscious Manipulation of Conceptual Representations with Decoded Neurofeedback Impacts Search Behavior Open
The necessity of conscious awareness in human learning has been a long-standing topic in psychology and neuroscience. Previous research on non-conscious associative learning is limited by the low signal-to-noise ratio of the subliminal sti…
View article: Brain wide representation of social knowledge
Brain wide representation of social knowledge Open
Understanding how the human brain maps different dimensions of social conceptualizations remains a key unresolved issue. We performed a functional MRI study in which participants were exposed to audio definitions of personality traits and …
View article: PyDecNef: An open-source framework for fMRI-based decoded neurofeedback
PyDecNef: An open-source framework for fMRI-based decoded neurofeedback Open
Real time fMRI research has suffered from inaccessible analysis pipelines, hindering collaboration and reproducibility. Here we present PyDecNef, a Python-based platform designed to advance real-time fMRI analysis and fuel exploration of c…
View article: Enhanced generalization and specialization of brain representations of semantic knowledge in healthy aging
Enhanced generalization and specialization of brain representations of semantic knowledge in healthy aging Open
Aging is often associated with a decrease in cognitive capacities. However, semantic memory appears relatively well preserved in healthy aging. Both behavioral and neuroimaging studies support the view that changes in brain networks contri…
View article: Heat exposure following encoding can interfere with subsequent recognition memory
Heat exposure following encoding can interfere with subsequent recognition memory Open
Correlational studies suggest that high temperatures may impair online cognitive performance and learning processes. Here, we tested the hypothesis that heat exposure blocks offline memory consolidation. We report two studies, including a …
View article: Unconscious manipulation of conceptual representations with decoded neurofeedback impacts search behaviour
Unconscious manipulation of conceptual representations with decoded neurofeedback impacts search behaviour Open
The necessity of conscious awareness in human learning has been a long-standing topic in psychology and neuroscience. Previous research on non-conscious associative learning is limited by the low signal-to-noise ratio of the subliminal sti…
View article: Impact of acute psychosocial stress on attentional control in humans. A study of evoked potentials and pupillary response
Impact of acute psychosocial stress on attentional control in humans. A study of evoked potentials and pupillary response Open
Psychosocial stress has increased considerably in our modern lifestyle, affecting global mental health. Deficits in attentional control are cardinal features of stress disorders and pathological anxiety. Studies suggest that changes in the…