Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Sensory Cortex Is Nonessential in Working Memory Storage

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Published in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3, 192-193 Abstract “Despite the initial supporting evidence and the popularity of the sensory account of visual working memory (VWM) storage, the overwhelming negative evidence presented in my review [1] and a related review [2] show that sensory regions are unlikely to play an essential role […]

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Reaffirming the Sensory Recruitment Account of Working Memory

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Published in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3, 190-192 Abstract “The sensory recruitment theory of working memory (WM) proposes that the same cortical regions that contribute to online perceptual processing of a stimulus are recruited to maintain that information in WM [1,2]. In a recent review, Xu reevaluates and rejects sensory accounts of

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The Myth of Optimality in Clinical Neuroscience

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Published in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3, 241-257 Abstract “Implicit in modern dimensional theories of psychiatric illness is the assumption that population variability and illness vulnerability are interchangeable constructs. Mounting evidence suggests that healthy variation is ubiquitous in natural populations, and must be interpreted in terms of cost–benefit tradeoffs. Psychiatric illnesses arise

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The Partisan Brain: An Identity-Based Model of Political Belief

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Published in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3, 213-224 Abstract Over 2 billion people use social media every day, and many use it to read and discuss politics. Social media also facilitate the spread of fake news and hyper-partisan content. Online discussions of politicized topics, including political events and issues (e.g., same-sex marriage,

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Anxiety and Threat-Related Attention: Cognitive-Motivational Framework and Treatment

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Published in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3, 225-240 Abstract “Research in experimental psychopathology and cognitive theories of anxiety highlight threat-related attention biases (ABs) and underpin the development of a computer-delivered treatment for anxiety disorders: attention-bias modification (ABM) training. Variable effects of ABM training on anxiety and ABs generate conflicting research recommendations, novel

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A Dynamic Structure of Social Trait Space

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Published in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3, 197-200 Abstract “Facial appearance evokes robust impressions of other people’s personality traits. Recent research suggests that the trait space arising from face-based impressions shifts due to context and social cognitive factors. We suggest a novel framework in which multiple bottom-up and top-down processes mutually determine

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Beyond Functional Connectivity: Investigating Networks of Multivariate Representations

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Published in: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 3, 258 – 269 Abstract “A family of novel methods study the interactions between brain regions taking advantage of the information encoded in multivariate patterns of responses. Some of these methods additionally capture nonlinear interactions, offering insights into how representations are transformed from brain region to brain

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