Cognitive Science

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Cognitive Control of Escape Behaviour

When faced with potential predators, animals instinctively decide whether there is a threat they should escape from, and also when, how, and where to take evasive action. While escape is often viewed in classical ethology as an action that is released upon presentation of specific stimuli, successful and adaptive escape behaviour relies on integrating information […]

Published on March 7, 2019

Support Vector Machine for Analyzing Contributions of Brain Regions During Task-State fMRI

Mengyue Wang, Chunlin Li, Wenjing Zhang, Yonghao Wang, Yuan Feng, Ying Liang, Jing Wei, Xu Zhang, Xia Li, Renji Chen 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 […]

Published on March 6, 2019

Arterial Spin Labeling Reveals Disrupted Brain Networks and Functional Connectivity in Drug-Resistant Temporal Epilepsy

Ilaria Boscolo Galazzo, Silvia Francesca Storti, Anna Barnes, Bianca De Blasi, Enrico De Vita, Matthias Koepp, John Sidney Duncan, Ashley Groves, Francesca Benedetta Pizzini, Gloria Menegaz, Francesco Fraioli 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 […]

Published on March 6, 2019