Cognitive Science

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Theta-Nested Gamma Oscillations in Next Generation Neural Mass Models

Theta-nested gamma oscillations have been reported in many areas of the brain and are believed to represent a fundamental mechanism to transfer information across spatial and temporal scales. In a series of recent experiments in vitro it has been possible to replicate with an optogenetic theta frequency stimulation several features of cross-frequency coupling (CFC) among […]

Published on May 29, 2020

Capgras Delusion in Posterior Cortical Atrophy–A Quantitative Multimodal Imaging Single Case Study

Although Alzheimer’s disease presents homogeneous histopathology, it causes several clinical phenotypes depending on brain regions involved. Beside the most abundant memory variant, several atypical variants exist. Among them posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is associated with severe visuospatial/visuoperceptual deficits in the absence of significant primary ocular disease. Here, we report for the first time a case […]

Published on May 29, 2020

Exploring What Is Encoded in Distributional Word Vectors: A Neurobiologically Motivated Analysis

Abstract The pervasive use of distributional semantic models or word embeddings for both cognitive modeling and practical application is because of their remarkable ability to represent the meanings of words. However, relatively little effort has been made to explore what types of information are encoded in distributional word vectors. Knowing the internal knowledge embedded in […]

Published on May 28, 2020