Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation Opinion by Manuel Bohn (
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
) & Marisa Casillas
tinyurl.com/48pdbv5b
about 12 hours ago
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Online Now: Producing more while understanding less with large language models
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Producing more while understanding less with large language models
Many scientists are enthusiastic about the potentials of 'Artificial Intelligence' (AI) for research. We recently examined the vision of âAI Surrogatesâ [1]: computer models [including but not limited to large language models (LLMs)] designed to simulate human participants for the purpose of generating knowledge about human cognition and behavior. Some scientists believe that AI Surrogates can improve the generalizability of cognitive science: first, by simulating diverse populations that are not readily accessible, overcoming the fieldâs overreliance on Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) samples; and second, by enabling researchers to quickly and cheaply explore vast experimental design spaces, expanding the diversity of situations that can be probed experimentally.
http://dlvr.it/TR3Q1Y
about 16 hours ago
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A unifying taxonomy of dyadic emotional processes Review by Martine W.F.T. Verhees, Batja Mesquita (
@batjamesquita.bsky.social
), Eva Ceulemans, Joeri Hofmans, Lesley Verhofstadt, & Peter Kuppens
tinyurl.com/2xzmmt5z
1 day ago
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Moving intentions from brains to machines Opinion by Christian Beste, Heleen A. Slagter (
@haslagter.bsky.social
), Christian Herff (
@cherff.bsky.social
), Yukiyasu Kamitani (
@ykamit.bsky.social
), Sabrina Coninx (
@sconinxphil.bsky.social
), Richard van Wezel, & Christian Frings
tinyurl.com/mr2ch69z
1 day ago
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Online Now: Reminders that chatbots are not human can be risky
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Reminders that chatbots are not human can be risky
Concerns about mental and physical health harms from chatbots are prompting policies mandating ongoing reminders that chatbots are not human. While well-intended, evidence suggests that reminders may be either ineffective or harmful to users. Discovering how to best remind people that chatbots are not human is a critical research priority.
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Online Now: Moral decision-making with bounded cognitive resources and limited information
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Moral decision-making with bounded cognitive resources and limited information
Real-world moral decisions are constrained by limited information and bounded cognitive resources, necessitating heuristic strategies. We argue that choices in moral dilemmas should be analysed in terms of decision strategies rather than ethical theories and show how resource rationality and the biasâvariance trade-off explain when people rely on particular strategies.
http://dlvr.it/TR1xj0
2 days ago
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Online Now: How AI tools can enhance generalizability
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How AI tools can enhance generalizability
Using large language models (LLMs) to replace human participants suffers from fundamental fallacies: overgeneralization from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) samples; conflation of linguistic form with psychological content; and neglect of embodied and social dimensions of cognition [1]. In their recent article in TiCS [2], Crockett and Messeri extend this critique, arguing that âAI Surrogatesâ perpetuate generalizability problems by entrenching WEIRD samples and decontextualized tasks [3].
http://dlvr.it/TR1Dpc
3 days ago
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Online Now: The making of number: from content to representation
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The making of number: from content to representation
Despite their importance to human thought, the origins of numerical abilities remain debated. Numerical quantity is a property of physical objects and events, and both humans and many animals show an innate sensitivity to this numerical content. Yet how this content is represented is a separate question: it may be encoded nonsymbolically by an innate estimation system or symbolically through culturally developed formats, such as numeral notations and number words. Distinguishing content from representational format reconciles the views that numbers are innate (nativism), learned (empiricism), or constructed (emergentism). Converging evidence from developmental psychology, comparative cognition, neuroscience, and computation suggests that number is dynamically coconstructed by biological predispositions and cultural practices, a framework that generalizes to other domains of human cognition, such as geometry and language.
http://dlvr.it/TQwCVV
8 days ago
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Online Now: Communicating risks more comprehensively using simulated experience
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Communicating risks more comprehensively using simulated experience
Traditional risk communication emphasizes the probability of possible outcomes but neglects other crucial dimensions of risks. We propose a taxonomy of risk information and illustrate how simulated experience can convey overlooked aspects. We conclude with a research agenda to advance the theory and practice of risk communication across domains.
http://dlvr.it/TQp7Q7
14 days ago
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Online Now: Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation
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Language learning as ontogenetic adaptation
Language learning is a multi-threaded, multi-mechanism process. It is multi-threaded in that it emerges as a byproduct of addressing multiple goals while engaging in social interactions. It is multi-mechanism in that children integrate multiple information sources to infer what is meant and what to say next. These information sources include contextual and social cues, as well as cognitive mechanisms. Focusing on early word learning, this article reviews information sources, how children might sensitively adapt to them, and how we can model their integration using Bayesian inference over multiple probability distributions. We argue that, to advance our understanding of language learning, we must jointly study how children learn from multiple information sources across diverse developmental settings.
http://dlvr.it/TQff4N
21 days ago
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Online Now: A dysfunctional hub model of voiceâreward integration in autism
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A dysfunctional hub model of voiceâreward integration in autism
Children with autism often struggle to tune in to voices, missing important cues for social connection and language learning. What underlies this diminished engagement? Neuroimaging evidence implicates disrupted connectivity between voice-selective temporal regions and brain networks supporting reward, salience, and social cognition, leading to a new neural model of vocal insensitivity in autism.
http://dlvr.it/TQZbQ2
25 days ago
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Online Now: A unifying taxonomy of dyadic emotional processes
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A unifying taxonomy of dyadic emotional processes
Traditionally, emotions have been viewed as intrapersonal experiences, but recent perspectives emphasize their interpersonal nature. Yet research on interpersonal emotional processes is scattered across subfields and lacks a unifying framework. We propose a taxonomy that structures the different methodological ways through which dyadic emotional processes can be and have been empirically studied. Reviewing recent work, we apply this taxonomy to identify well-studied versus neglected areas and clarify gaps between empirical work and theory. Our review highlights two key insights: to advance theory, empirical research should (i) consider context and (ii) move beyond simple bivariate approaches. Laying the methodological groundwork, the taxonomy provides a first step toward unifying the literature and fostering cumulative progress in understanding interpersonal emotional processes.
http://dlvr.it/TQVXcN
29 days ago
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Online Now: Emotion may indirectly link rendering and social reasoning
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Emotion may indirectly link rendering and social reasoning
In their letter [1], Zeman et al. raise the intriguing suggestion that visual imagery (which we argued should be understood as graphical rendering [2]) has a central role in social cognition. Specifically, they point to an association between aphantasia and deficits in autobiographical memory [3,4] and lower empathy to verbal descriptions of distressing events [5]. To be clear upfront, we agree with Zeman et al.âs bottom line that visual imagery might have social implications, and that this idea deserves thought and exploration.
http://dlvr.it/TQTpch
30 days ago
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Online Now: Neurocomputational mechanisms of adaptive mentalization in humans
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Neurocomputational mechanisms of adaptive mentalization in humans
âTheory of mindâ (ToM) is classically investigated with âstaticâ inference tasks, which miss the dynamic nature of social interactions. In a recent article, Buergi, Aydogan, and colleagues combined computational modeling and neuroimaging to study the adaptive nature of mentalization (i.e., the ability to infer the continuous change of othersâ thoughts and intentions).
http://dlvr.it/TQTQMC
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Online Now: Rendering aphantasia into the social realm
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Rendering aphantasia into the social realm
Inspired by an analogy with âgame enginesâ, the software modules that support animations and games, Balaban and Ullman propose that there is a deep-seated distinction between âphysical simulationâ and âgraphical renderingâ in the brain, broadly mapping onto the dorsal and ventral streams of visual processing [1]. The developmental pathway giving rise to in silico game engines is very different from the evolutionary history of the human brain, constrained by evolutionary forces. Nevertheless, the analogy is illuminating.
http://dlvr.it/TQSJC5
about 1 month ago
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Online Now: No free lunch with the binding problem
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No free lunch with the binding problem
In their recent article [1], Scholte and de Haan argue, contrary to the classical view, that the visual cortex is not organized into separate modules to process individual features (e.g., color in V4 and motion in V5/MT). In the absence of such a modular organization, they argue, the problem of binding separate features together in coherent object representations (the binding problem) does not arise. A recent commentary by Roelfsema and Serre [2] has already argued that the case against modularity is not as strong as claimed by Scholte and de Haan and highlighted empirical evidence for binding mechanisms both in the visual cortex and artificial neural networks.
http://dlvr.it/TQMVcK
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Online Now: Moving intentions from brains to machines
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Moving intentions from brains to machines
Brainâcomputer interface (BCI) research has achieved remarkable technical progress but remains limited in scope, typically relying on motor and visual cortex signals in limited patient populations. We propose a paradigm shift in BCI design rooted in ideomotor theory, which conceptualizes voluntary action as driven by internally represented sensory outcomes. This underused framework offers a principled basis for next-generation BCIs that align closely with the brainâs natural intentional and action-planning architecture. We suggest a more intuitive, generalizable, and scalable path by reorienting BCIs around the âwhat forâ of actionâuser goals and anticipated effects. This shift is timely and feasible, enabled by advances in neural recording and artificial intelligenceâbased decoding of sensory representations. It may help resolve challenges of usability and generalizability in BCI design.
http://dlvr.it/TQLN1x
about 1 month ago
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Online Now: Extinction memories: putting learning into context
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Extinction memories: putting learning into context
While fear memories tend to generalize, extinction learning is more context-dependent. Recent results from representational similarity analyses indicate that neural representations of extinction contexts are more distinct than context representations during fear acquisition. This suggests that they resemble episodic memories, with possible consequences for prevailing taxonomies of memory systems.
http://dlvr.it/TQDRtf
about 1 month ago
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Online Now: The Reward Positivity signals a goal prediction error
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The Reward Positivity signals a goal prediction error
The Reward Positivity (RewP) is an electroencephalogram (EEG) feature that emerges following performance feedback and is commonly understood to index both positive and negative reward-prediction error (RPE+ and RPEâ, respectively) signals. In contrast to this dominant perspective, we argue that the RewP is an independent EEG feature that selectively responds to positive RPE and is superimposed on a common background signal. We further propose that the RewP signals a goal prediction error: it is elicited by abstract signals instead of by hedonic 'rewards'. This goal prediction error appears to be produced by a critic-like architecture that is associated with the actorâcritic framework in reinforcement learning. This perspective emphasizes the role of the RewP in goal attainment and cognitive control as opposed to being a simple indicator of reward receipt.
http://dlvr.it/TQ6jn1
about 2 months ago
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Online Now: Better artificial intelligence does not mean better models of biology
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Better artificial intelligence does not mean better models of biology
Deep neural networks (DNNs) once showed increasing alignment with primate perception as they improved on vision benchmarks, raising hopes that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) would naturally yield better models of biological vision. However, we present accumulating evidence that this alignment is now plateauing â and in some cases worsening â as DNNs scale to human or even superhuman accuracy. This divergence between artificial and biological perception may reflect the acquisition of visual strategies distinct from those of primates, and these findings challenge the view that advances in AI will naturally translate to progress in neuroscience. We argue that vision science must chart its own course, developing algorithms grounded in biological visual systems rather than optimizing for internet data.
http://dlvr.it/TPzb1Q
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Online Now: Searching for the Goldilocks zone of climate anxiety
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Searching for the Goldilocks zone of climate anxiety
Climate anxiety has both positive and negative potential. It can spur action or hinder it, while taxing mental health. The key lies in balance: a Goldilocks zone wherein anxiety motivates without overwhelming. Cognitive processes, including threat and coping appraisals and future-oriented thinking, may help sustain this adaptive equilibrium.
http://dlvr.it/TPzFmp
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How experience shapes extraordinary beliefs Review by Eli Stark-Elster (
@eselster.bsky.social
) & Manvir Singh (
@manvir.bsky.social
)
tinyurl.com/y9dbwaa5
2 months ago
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences
M.J. Crockett
2 months ago
Here we go!
@lmesseri.bsky.social
& I wrote about epistemic risks of synthetic participants ('AI Surrogates') in
@cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
(see 𧔠here)
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Online Now: On a confusion about there being two types of consciousness
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On a confusion about there being two types of consciousness
Progress in the scientific study of consciousness has been impeded by several fundamental controversies. One pertains to a major divide between theories: sensory versus cognitive. Here, we argue that the key to resolving this controversy is to reevaluate the conceptual distinction proposed by Block in 1995 between phenomenal consciousness (P) and access consciousness (A). We propose that P and A should not be understood as two different types of consciousness, but as two necessary conditions for consciousness. We illustrate how this conceptual shift enables us to make substantial progress in answering several unresolved questions, such as the neural mechanisms and functions of consciousness, and the relationship between consciousness and attention. Our proposal motivates a selective unification across these different classes of theories.
http://dlvr.it/TPt3JX
2 months ago
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Online Now: Adaptive habits: understanding executive function and its development
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Adaptive habits: understanding executive function and its development
Executive functions (EFs) develop dramatically across childhood and predict important outcomes, including academic achievement. These links are often attributed to individual differences in EF capacities. However, individual difference accounts underemphasize contextual influences on EF. We propose a complementary perspective, the adaptive habits framework, which emphasizes how contextual factors support or hinder EF engagement in children. Contexts that support repeated EF engagement establish habits for engaging EF in similar contexts and in similar ways. Such habits, in turn, reduce the effort associated with engaging EF and thus increase the likelihood of deciding to engage EF in the future. We interpret empirical findings through the lens of adaptive habits, discuss the implications of this framework, and propose novel research approaches and interventions to support EF in children.
http://dlvr.it/TPsgYj
2 months ago
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The December issue of TiCS is now online!
tinyurl.com/42pysze4
2 months ago
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Online Now: Cognitive primitives of the insect brain
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Cognitive primitives of the insect brain
Understanding the mechanistic basis of human cognition is likely to benefit from investigating how it emerged through evolution. We propose that identifying and investigating fundamental brain functions, or cognitive primitives, common between humans and âlowerâ animals, such as insects, will reveal conserved cellular and molecular operations underlying cognition.
http://dlvr.it/TPgJCz
3 months ago
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Online Now: Valuation illusions in insects
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Valuation illusions in insects
Many animal choices are economic, requiring the evaluation of costs and benefits. However, as in humans and other vertebrates, the behaviour of insects often deviates from economic rationality due to the cognitive and perceptual biases that underly their decision-making, distorting the perceived value of options.
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3 months ago
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Online Now: Brain leakage exposes covert cognitive computations in bodily movements
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Brain leakage exposes covert cognitive computations in bodily movements
Brain and body are fundamentally intertwined. A recent study from Cazettes et al. reveals how latent decision variables in the mouse brain can be read out from facial expressions. This shows how covert cognitive computations âleakâ into the periphery, and opens new opportunities for tracking cognitive processes through bodily measurements.
http://dlvr.it/TPfN7z
3 months ago
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Online Now: Shaping bodily self-awareness through thermosensory signals
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Shaping bodily self-awareness through thermosensory signals
Skin temperature and the ability to perceive warm and cold thermal stimuli (i.e., thermoception) are fundamental to human survival, influencing both our evolutionary history and early individual development. Interestingly, recent research has also started to uncover the role of these thermosensory signals in cognition. Such signals may contribute to the construction of our bodily self-awareness, and specifically the sense of body ownership, which is defined as the feeling that the body and its parts belong to us. This review examines how thermosensory signals travel from the skin to the brain and their impact on body ownership in both healthy and clinical populations. Furthermore, we propose mechanisms that may underlie this interaction and highlight potential clinical and societal applications.
http://dlvr.it/TPddpC
3 months ago
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Online Now: Orbitofrontal-sensory cortical interactions in learning and adaptive decision-making
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Orbitofrontal-sensory cortical interactions in learning and adaptive decision-making
The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is a hub for value-guided decision-making, linked reciprocally with both cortical and subcortical regions. While projections from sensory areas to the OFC â and vice versa â are known to support goal-directed learning, these projections have often been studied in isolation, and their joint effect remains poorly understood. Here, we revisit these circuits through a unifying computational framework. We propose that sensory cortices send compressed task knowledge to the OFC to build abstract task models, while OFC feedback provides teaching signals that reshape sensory representations within the cortical hierarchy. This bidirectional exchange equips sensory areas with cognitive functions that extend well beyond passive feature detection, with significant implications for our understanding of learning, cognitive models, and artificial neural networks.
http://dlvr.it/TPdFPw
3 months ago
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Online Now: Bumblebees as a powerful model for studying cognitive ecology
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Bumblebees as a powerful model for studying cognitive ecology
Bumblebees have been used to study various aspects of complex cognition and behavior, yet unlike many purely lab-based systems, we also possess rich knowledge of their natural history. We highlight how integrating these perspectives has provided insights into both the underlying mechanisms and functions of cognitive abilities.
http://dlvr.it/TPc5LR
3 months ago
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Online Now: How experience shapes extraordinary beliefs
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How experience shapes extraordinary beliefs
The ubiquity of extraordinary beliefs across human societies, such as conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and supernatural beliefs, is a long-standing puzzle in cognitive science. Prevailing accounts emphasize cognitive biases and social dynamics but often neglect a key factor: experience. We synthesize recent evidence and identify three pathways by which experience can shape these convictions: by filtering which beliefs feel perceptually plausible, by sparking new beliefs through anomalous and emotionally charged events, and by being engineered through immersive cultural technologies that simulate sensory evidence. These pathways function alongside cognitive biases and social processes, helping explain why certain extraordinary beliefs recur, why they often accompany vivid rituals, and why they can feel convincing despite evidence that challenges their veracity.
http://dlvr.it/TPbJws
3 months ago
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Online Now: Why nature contact is good for us
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Why nature contact is good for us
Nature contact has long been considered salutary. Recently, scientists from a variety of home disciplines have begun to systematically document these benefits through new assessment approaches and considerations of a wide range of negative and positive affective outcomes. They also have expanded the scale of their investigations, increasing their capacity to understand specifics about the characteristics, magnitude, and timing of effects. Although much remains to be learned about why these affective benefits occur, impressive progress has been made in identifying some of the mechanisms linking nature contact to human functioning. In this review, we focus specifically on mechanisms and outcomes related to affective functioning. We discuss emerging insights and highlight promising directions for future research in this rapidly evolving field.
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3 months ago
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Online Now: Mapping interactions between adversity and neuroplasticity across development
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Mapping interactions between adversity and neuroplasticity across development
The human brain undergoes a protracted course of development that provides prolonged opportunities to be sculpted by experience. Yet, persistent definitional and measurement challenges have complicated efforts to understand how experience interacts with neuroplasticity during human development. Here, we synthesize previously siloed perspectives to propose an integrative framework defining key dimensions along which adversity interacts with neuroplasticity. We discuss how the state of neuroplasticity during the timing of exposure may modulate how adversity shapes brain development. We also outline how adversity may accelerate or delay the timing of neuroplasticity and amplify or dampen its magnitude. Identifying how, where, and when experience calibrates the brainâs capacity for change may inform how neuroplasticity dynamics can be harnessed to promote healthy development.
http://dlvr.it/TPWMJ6
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Online Now: The âdesign featuresâ of language revisited
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The âdesign featuresâ of language revisited
Language is often regarded as a defining trait of our species, but what are its core properties? In 1960, Hockett published âThe origin of speechâ enumerating 13 design features presumed to be common to all languages, and which, taken together, separate language from other communication systems. Here. we review which features still hold true in light of new evidence from cognitive science, linguistics, animal cognition, and anthropology, and demonstrate how a revised understanding of language highlights three core aspects: that language is inherently multimodal and semiotically diverse; that it functions as a tool for semantic, pragmatic, and social inference, as well as facilitating categorization; and that the processes of interaction and transmission give rise to central design features of language.
http://dlvr.it/TPSjtj
3 months ago
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Ross Otto
3 months ago
New pontification piece with
@awestbrook.bsky.social
and Jean Daunizeau, just out in TICS: Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly? (or why does it hurt to think) never written a review paper before in my life, that was a new and unusual experience
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Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
A widespread observation is that people avoid mentally effortful courses of action, and much recent work examining cognitive effort has explained subjective effort evaluation â and, consequently, pref...
https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613%2825%2900287-6
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Simulation-driven mentalizing facilitates projection and introjection Review by Andrew Todd & Diana Tamir (
@dianatamir.bsky.social
) Free access before Jan 6:
tinyurl.com/3cernhmc
3 months ago
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Online Now: Empathic disequilibrium: theoretical implications and clinical relevance
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Empathic disequilibrium: theoretical implications and clinical relevance
Empathy is central to social cognition, yet efforts to link it with neurodiverse and clinical conditions have yielded contradictory findings, often reinforcing a deficit-focused narrative that conflicts with individualsâ experiences. While traditional models distinguish cognitive (understanding othersâ emotions) from emotional empathy (being affected by othersâ emotions), they often neglect how their interplay shapes individual outcomes. Addressing these limitations, this article focuses on the emerging concept of empathic disequilibrium, the intrapersonal imbalance between cognitive and emotional empathy. We synthesise current evidence linking empathic disequilibrium with individual differences in autistic traits and mental health, discuss its potential mechanisms, and propose a framework that recognises empathy as a multifaceted system with interacting components, with implications for advancing theory and practice across cognitive sciences.
http://dlvr.it/TPPs23
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Online Now: Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
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Why is cognitive effort experienced as costly?
A widespread observation is that people avoid mentally effortful courses of action, and much recent work examining cognitive effort has explained subjective effort evaluation â and, consequently, preferences â in economic terms, which assumes that the expenditure of cognitive effort is experienced as costly. However, this economic perspective is largely tacit about the source of these costs. Here, we review recent theoretical treatments of effort costs, which take vastly different perspectives (information-theoretic, psychological, and biological) to explain how the subjective experience of cognitive effort arises from controlled information processing, exploring their predictions concerning the simple observation that people experience tasks with high (versus low) working memory demands as costly. Finally, we identify open questions that might help bridge across these accounts.
http://dlvr.it/TPLsWF
3 months ago
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Online Now: Beyond binding: specialization without segregation
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Beyond binding: specialization without segregation
Roelfsema and Serre [1] contend that coherent object perception generally requires feature binding across segregated maps. We agree that selective control â attention, grouping, and recurrence â is essential when natural regularities are disrupted by occlusion, camouflage, isoluminance, or clutter. However, we observe specialization but no segregation: functional biases arise as local amplification within broadly overlapping, mixed-selectivity populations (see Box 1), not as isolated feature silos.
http://dlvr.it/TPK7PS
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Online Now: Simulation-driven mentalizing facilitates projection and introjection
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Simulation-driven mentalizing facilitates projection and introjection
Mental life is filled with thoughts about the social world and oneâs place in it. Mentalizing, or ascribing mental content (e.g., preferences, beliefs, visuospatial perspectives) to others and oneself, often requires considering self-representations and target representations in relation to each other. We propose a model of mentalizing wherein simulation, which, minimally, involves activating a self-representation, facilitates two phenomena: projection (using self-representations to construct target representations) is an inherent element of simulation-driven mentalizing, and introjection (using target representations to shift self-representations) arises incidentally from simulating anotherâs mind. We review evidence primarily from adults supporting this model, identify theoretically-relevant factors that amplify and attenuate projection and introjection, and discuss implications for questions of longstanding interest in cognitive science (e.g., Is the self special?).
http://dlvr.it/TPJm9S
3 months ago
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Online Now: Refining the multimodality of semantic representations
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Refining the multimodality of semantic representations
A long-standing question in cognitive sciences concerns the specific contribution of linguistic and sensorimotor experience in shaping conceptual knowledge. A new study by Xu et al. shows that large language models (LLMs) represent a powerful tool to advance this debate, helping to disentangle the relative contribution of different experiential modalities.
http://dlvr.it/TPHG46
3 months ago
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Online Now: Bees, blindsight, and consciousness
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Bees, blindsight, and consciousness
Blindsight patients lack conscious visual perception yet perform visual tasks effectively, suggesting many animals may similarly rely on non-conscious vision. Here, we discuss how to investigate visual consciousness in miniature brains, using bees as a case study. This new endeavor can reveal the minimal neural requirements for visual awareness.
http://dlvr.it/TPGMvC
3 months ago
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Sensory processing sensitivity: theory, evidence, and directions Review by Corina Greven, MacKenzie Trupp (
@mactrupp.bsky.social
), Judith Homberg, & Heleen Slagter (
@haslagter.bsky.social
) Free access before Dec 23:
tinyurl.com/43y9yzcb
3 months ago
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Online Now: Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems
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Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems
Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities has drawn fresh attention to the prospect of consciousness in AI. There is an urgent need for rigorous methods to assess AI systems for consciousness, but significant uncertainty about relevant issues in consciousness science. We present a method for assessing AI systems for consciousness that involves exploring what follows from existing or future neuroscientific theories of consciousness. Indicators derived from such theories can be used to inform credences about whether particular AI systems are conscious. This method allows us to make meaningful progress because some influential theories of consciousness, notably including computational functionalist theories, have implications for AI that can be investigated empirically.
http://dlvr.it/TPB4ZD
3 months ago
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Aidan Horner
4 months ago
I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting. A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence
#psychscisky
#cognition
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A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories âŠ
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661325002840
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Psychological drivers of gender disparities in leadership paths Review by Laura J. Kray, Sonya Mishra, Charlotte H. Townsend, & Jessica A. Kennedy
tinyurl.com/yck2banv
3 months ago
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Despite their tiny brains, insects display a surprising range of complex behaviors, challenging our assumptions about the origins, neural basis, and universality of cognitive processes. Our November issue kicks off a Forum series on Insect Cognition
tinyurl.com/yck93zmm
3 months ago
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Online Now: Toward understanding the neurophysiological basis of spontaneous thought
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Toward understanding the neurophysiological basis of spontaneous thought
Electrophysiological markers of spontaneous thought are well established, yet less is known regarding the timescales of two core dimensions: task relatedness and thought orientation. In a recent study, Hua and colleagues reported dissociable timescales in the behavioral and neural correlates of these thought dimensions, offering insights into their distinct temporal dynamics.
http://dlvr.it/TP7VMl
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