Nils Eckardt, Noah J. Rosenblatt 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 keen interest in exploring the untapped potential of the human […]

Noel and Serino raise several interesting points about our recent functional interpretation of peripersonal space (PPS) [1]. We are grateful because their commentary gives us an opportunity to clarify aspects of our reasoning. In our critique of the vague notions surrounding PPS we may, ironically, have been too vague ourselves. As a result, Noel and […]

Compact representations of the environment allow humans to behave efficiently in a complex world. Reinforcement learning models capture many behavioral and neural effects but do not explain recent findings showing that structure in the environment influences learning. In parallel, Bayesian cognitive models predict how humans learn structured knowledge but do not have a clear neurobiological […]