Cognitive Science

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Does Explaining Social Behavior Require Multiple Memory Systems?

Amodio [1] argues that social cognition research has for many decades relied on imprecise dual-process models that build on questionable assumptions about how people learn and represent information. He presents an alternative framework for explaining social behavior as the product of multiple dissociable memory systems, based on the idea that cognitive neuroscience has revealed evidence […]

Published on April 19, 2019

DeepBouton: Automated identification of single-neuron axonal boutons at the brain-wide scale

DeepBouton: Automated Identification of Single-Neuron Axonal Boutons at the Brain-Wide Scale Yurong Liu1,2, Lei Su1,2, Ning Li1,2, Fangfang Yin1,2, Feng Xiong1,2, Xiaomao Liu3, Hui Gong1,2* and Shaoqun Zeng1,2* 1Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics-Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 2MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Collaborative Innovation Center […]

Published on April 18, 2019

Commentary: Age Differentiation within Gray Matter, White Matter, and between Memory and White Matter in an Adult Life Span Cohort

Commentary: Age Differentiation within Gray Matter, White Matter, and between Memory and White Matter in an Adult Life Span Cohort Marit F. L. Ruitenberg1* and Kaitlin E. Cassady2 1Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 2Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States A Commentary onAge Differentiation within Gray Matter, White […]

Published on April 18, 2019