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Yuhan Chen, Olivia Allison, Heather L. Green, Emily S. Kuschner, Song Liu, Mina Kim, Michelle Slinger, Kylie Mol, Taylor Chiang, Luke Bloy, Timothy P. L. Roberts, J. Christopher Edgar
Summary: Infant and young child electrophysiology studies have shown that face-encoding neural processes mature over the first four years of life. This longitudinal study examined the maturation of the left and right fusiform gyrus (FFG), a primary node in the face-encoding network, in children aged 4 months to 4 years old. The study found that face-sensitive FFG activity changed with age, with a dominant M290 response observed before 2 years old and an adult-like M170 response observed by 3-4 years old.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Keita Umejima, Isso Nakamura, Naoki Fukui, Mihoko Zushi, Hiroki Narita, Kuniyoshi L. Sakai
Summary: Left-to-right surface linear arrangements of human languages are a combination of the core language system and systems unrelated to language. Merge-generable dependencies, characterized by hierarchically structured linguistic expressions, were tested using a Subject-Predicate matching task. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) revealed separate cortical networks involved in Merge-generable and memory-based ordering dependencies. The findings provide insights into the neural mechanisms underlying syntactic processing and support the notion of distinct brain regions for different linguistic processes.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Seung-Goo Kim, Tobias Overath, William Sedley, Sukhbinder Kumar, Sundeep Teki, Yukiko Kikuchi, Roy Patterson, Timothy D. Griffiths
Summary: The study recorded neural responses in human participants to different types of pitch-evoking stimuli, finding cortical sensitivity to temporal regularity relevant to pitch in the Heschl's sulcus, which was consistent across different types of pitch-relevant stimuli.
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Psychology, Mathematical
Stefanie I. Becker, Rheaa T. Manoharan, Charles L. Folk
Summary: Visual attention can be tuned or biased based on specific feature values or relative features of sought-after objects, driving covert attention and eye movements in visual search. The relational account of attention can be extended to explain attentional engagement and selection of continuously attended objects in time, beyond spatial attention.
PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW
(2021)
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Psychiatry
Meike D. Hettwer, Thomas M. Lancaster, Eva Raspor, Peter K. Hahn, Nina Roth Mota, Wolf Singer, Andreas Reif, David E. J. Linden, Robert A. Bittner
Summary: This study investigates the impact of common genetic resilience variants on brain structure in individuals with schizophrenia, finding that these variants have a positive effect on cortical volume and surface area in specific regions.
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yuxiang Hao, Qi Zhang, Zile Wang, Mengxuan Sun
Summary: This study investigates the effects of different feature dimensions on attentional disengagement using eye movements and saccade latency as indicators. The results show that color and shape features have differential effects on attentional disengagement, which may be caused by feature asymmetry.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Adnan Khan, Madeeha A. Kamal, Abdula Alhothi, Hoda N. Gad, Marian A. Adan, Georgios Ponirakis, Ioannis Petropoulos, Rayaz Malik
Summary: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterized by communication and interaction difficulties. Recent studies have found abnormal tactile discrimination and allodynia in ASD subjects, as well as neuronal loss in the amygdala, cerebellum, and inter-hemispheric regions of the brain. Corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) can identify central corneal nerve fiber loss in children with ASD, suggesting its potential as an imaging biomarker for neuronal loss in different subtypes of ASD and disease progression.
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Neurosciences
Szu-Hung Lin, Chia-Hsiung Cheng, Ching-Yi Wu, Chien-Ting Liu, Chia-Ling Chen, Yu-Wei Hsieh
Summary: Mirror visual feedback (MVF) is shown to increase excitability in the primary motor cortex (M1) during asynchronous bimanual movement, while reducing functional connections between the visual cortex and brain regions associated with perceptuo-motor-attentional processes. This study provides a foundation for further research on the neural mechanisms of mirror illusion in motor control.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Panagiotis Sapountzis, Sofia Paneri, Sotirios Papadopoulos, Georgia G. Gregoriou
Summary: Recent work has shown that neural representations in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are changing to adapt to task demands, but it is still unclear how this dynamic coding depends on the encoded variable and anatomical constraints. In this study, using a cued attention task and multivariate classification methods, the researchers found that neuronal ensembles in the PFC encode and retain spatial and color attentional instructions in a specific manner. Spatial instructions were decoded from both the frontal eye field (FEF) and the ventrolateral PFC (vlPFC) populations, while color instructions were decoded more robustly from vlPFC. The results suggest that dynamic population coding of attentional instructions in the PFC is influenced by anatomical constraints and can coexist with stable subspace coding.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
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Neurosciences
Mahima Shah, Florian Kurth, Eileen Luders
Summary: The size of the fusiform gyrus decreases with age, showing significant negative correlations in all four subregions, with some subregions exhibiting accelerated volume loss over time. There were no significant sex differences or sex-by-age interactions, indicating similar trajectories of age-related atrophy in male and female brains.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Christini Katsanevaki, Andre M. Bastos, Hayriye Cagnan, Conrado A. Bosman, Karl J. Friston, Pascal Fries
Summary: Selective attention enhances the influence of specific synaptic inputs on higher-area neurons, enabling preferential routing of attended stimuli. Presynaptic circuits, influenced by top-down attentional signals, play a crucial role in selective routing by selectively entraining postsynaptic neurons. The study demonstrates that attentional modulation of intrinsic connections in the visual cortex mediates selective entrainment, providing an explanation for the observed phenomenon.
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Cell Biology
Giuliano Giari, Lorenzo Vignali, Yangwen Xu, Roberto Bottini
Summary: This study tested whether movements of covert attention elicit grid-like coding in humans. The results showed that grid-like signals can be elicited by spatial movements of attention and are localized in the medial-temporal lobe. These findings suggest that attentional coding may play a role in supporting the activation of cognitive maps during conceptual navigation.
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Neurosciences
Roni Arbel, Benedetta Heimler, Amir Amedi
Summary: Previous evidence suggests that visual experience is crucial for the development and adjustment of the neural system for face recognition. However, this study found that even in individuals with congenital blindness, specific cortical regions in the brain still show a preference for faces and exhibit parameter modulation for face orientation and novelty. This finding strengthens the existence of sensory-independent and computation-specific processing, which can be retained in lifelong sensory deprivation independently of previous perceptual experience.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Seungdae Baek, Min Song, Jaeson Jang, Gwangsu Kim, Se-Bum Paik
Summary: Researchers propose that face selectivity can arise in the absence of training using a deep neural network model, enabling untrained networks to perform face detection tasks. They also observed that innate selectivity towards non-face objects can emerge in untrained networks.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Yuri Masaoka, Haruko Sugiyama, Masaki Yoshida, Akira Yoshikawa, Motoyasu Honma, Nobuyoshi Koiwa, Shotaro Kamijo, Keiko Watanabe, Satomi Kubota, Natsuko Iizuka, Masahiro Ida, Kenjiro Ono, Masahiko Izumizaki
Summary: This study found that specific odors can evoke autobiographical memories and identified the brain regions involved, providing insights into the impact of odors on cognitive function in older adults.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrew Steain, Christopher John Stanton, Catherine J. Stevens
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
James Leach, Catherine J. Stevens
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2020)
Review
Anesthesiology
A. Chuan, J. J. Zhou, R. M. Hou, C. J. Stevens, A. Bogdanovych
Summary: Virtual reality has shown promising effects in pain management, but the evidence base in adult patients is currently limited. More rigorous studies are needed to validate the use of virtual reality as a non-pharmacological adjunct in multimodal pain management for acute and chronic pain.
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Neurosciences
Sandra Garrido, Laura Dunne, Catherine J. Stevens, Esther Chang
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2020)
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Sandra Garrido, Laura Dunne, Catherine Stevens, Esther Chang
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate guidelines for music use with people with dementia by implementing a music listening program with caregivers. Caregivers found the guidelines informative and easy to use, reporting positive effects on mood and reduced challenges in care. However, difficulties with technology and time management were identified as implementation barriers.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Madeleine Jessica Radnan, Weicong Li, Catherine J. J. Stevens, Clair Hill, Caroline Jones
Summary: The article presents a multidimensional technique to measure engagement of older adults using facial movement, lexical use, and prosodic patterns as indices of affective and behavioral outcomes. The application of these analytical techniques enhances measurement precision and furthers the development of science and evidence base, particularly for non-pharmacological interventions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
David Kirsh, Catherine J. Stevens, Daniel W. Piepers
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
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JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
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Dance
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Music
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Psychology, Experimental
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Music
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Psychology, Experimental
Catherine J. Stevens, Kim Vincs, Scott deLahunta, Elizabeth Old
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Nathan Berger, Jose Hanham, Catherine J. Stevens, Kathryn Holmes
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2019)
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Mary C. Broughton, Emery Schubert, Dominic G. Harvey, Catherine J. Stevens
PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSIC
(2019)