Cognitive Science

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Pathology of Self-Confidence?

A striking change OCD patients repeatedly describe following treatment with deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral anterior limb of internal capsule (vALIC) is an immediate increase in self-confidence. We show how the DBS-induced changes in self-confidence reported by our patients can be understood neurocognitively in terms of active inference. Read Full Article (External Site) […]

Published on April 4, 2019

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to the Middle Frontal Gyrus During Attention Modes Induced Dynamic Module Reconfiguration in Brain Networks

Penghui Song, Hua Lin, Chunyan Liu, Yuanling Jiang, Yicong Lin, Qing Xue, Peng Xu, Yuping Wang Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With […]

Published on April 3, 2019

Non-invasive Decoding of the Motoneurons: A Guided Source Separation Method Based on Convolution Kernel Compensation With Clustered Initial Points

Mohammad Reza Mohebian, Hamid Reza Marateb, Saeed Karimimehr, Miquel Angel Mañanas, Jernej Kranjec, Ales Holobar Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a […]

Published on April 3, 2019