Individual Differences in Face Identity Processing with Fast Periodic Visual Stimulation Buyun Xu1, Joan Liu-Shuang2, Bruno Rossion2,3, and James Tanaka1 Abstract ■ A growing body of literature suggests that human individuals differ in their ability to process face identity. These findings mainly stem from explicit behavioral tasks, such as the Cambridge Face Memory Test (CFMT). Jedoch, it remains an open ques- tion whether such individual

Assessing the Effect of Early Visual Cortex Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Working Memory Consolidation Amanda E. van Lamsweerde and Jeffrey S. Johnson Abstract ■ Maintaining visual working memory ( VWM) representations recruits a network of brain regions, including the frontal, posterior parietal, and occipital cortices; Jedoch, it is unclear to what ex- tent the occipital cortex is engaged in VWM after sensory encoding is completed.

A Double Dissociation between Anterior and Posterior Superior Temporal Gyrus for Processing Audiovisual Speech Demonstrated by Electrocorticography Muge Ozker1,2, Inga M. Schepers3, John F. Magnotti2, Daniel Yoshor2, and Michael S. Beauchamp2 D o w n l o a d e d f r o m Abstract ■ Human speech can be comprehended using only auditory information from the talker’s voice. Jedoch, comprehension is improved if

Parahippocampal and Entorhinal Resection Extent Predicts Verbal Memory Decline in an Epilepsy Surgery Cohort Anli Liu, Thomas Thesen, William Barr, Chris Morrison, Patricia Dugan, Xiuyuan Wang, Michael Meager, Werner Doyle, Ruben Kuzniecky, Orrin Devinsky, and Karen Blackmon D o w n l o a d e d f r o m Abstract ■ The differential contribution of medial-temporal lobe regions to verbal declarative memory is

Dopamine Alters the Fidelity of Working Memory Representations according to Attentional Demands Sean James Fallon1, Nahid Zokaei1, Agnes Norbury2, Sanjay G. Manohar1,3, and Masud Husain1,3 D o w n l o a d e d f r o m Abstract ■ Capacity limitations in working memory (WM) necessitate the need to effectively control its contents. Hier, we examined the effect of cabergoline, a dopamine D2

The Neurocognitive Cost of Enhancing Cognition with Methylphenidate: Improved Distractor Resistance but Impaired Updating Sean James Fallon1,3, Marieke E. van der Schaaf1,2, Niels ter Huurne2, and Roshan Cools1,2 Abstract ■ A balance has to be struck between supporting distractor- resistant representations in working memory and allowing those representations to be updated. Catecholamine, particularly dopa- mine, transmission has been proposed to modulate the balance between the

The Feedback-related Negativity Reflects the Combination of Instantaneous and Long-term Values of Decision Outcomes Roman Osinsky1, Natalie Ulrich1, Patrick Mussel2, Lena Feser2, Aruni Gunawardena2, and Johannes Hewig2 D o w n l o a d e d f r o m Abstract ■ Hundreds of ERP studies have reported a midfrontal negative- going amplitude shift following negative compared with positive action outcomes. This feedback-related negativity

Finding Positive Meaning in Negative Experiences Engages Ventral Striatal and Ventromedial Prefrontal Regions Associated with Reward Valuation Bruce P. Doré1, Chelsea Boccagno1, Daisy Burr1, Alexa Hubbard2, Kan Long1, Jochen Weber1, Yaakov Stern1, and Kevin N. Ochsner1 D o w n l o a d e d f r o m Abstract ■ Neuroimaging research has identified systems that facilitate minimizing negative emotion, but how the

The Neural Correlates of Similarity- and Rule-based Generalization Fraser Milton1, Pippa Bealing1, Kathryn L. Carpenter1, Abdelmalek Bennattayallah1, and Andy J. Wills2 Abstract ■ The idea that there are multiple learning systems has be- come increasingly influential in recent years, with many studies providing evidence that there is both a quick, similarity-based or feature-based system and a more effortful rule-based system. A smaller number of imaging

Semantic Structural Alignment of Neural Representational Spaces Enables Translation between English and Chinese Words Benjamin D. Zinszer1, Andrew J. Anderson1, Olivia Kang2*, Thalia Wheatley2, and Rajeev D. S. Raizada1 D o w n l o a d e d f r o m Abstract ■ Two sets of items can share the same underlying conceptual structure, while appearing unrelated at a surface level. Humans excel

Professional Music Training and Novel Word Learning: From Faster Semantic Encoding to Longer-lasting Word Representations Eva Dittinger1, Mylène Barbaroux1, Mariapaola D’Imperio1, Lutz Jäncke2, Stefan Elmer2*, and Mireille Besson1* D o w n l o a d e d f r o m Abstract ■ On the basis of previous results showing that music training positively influences different aspects of speech perception and cognition, the aim

Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation Does Not Enhance the Effects of Working Memory Training Joni Holmes, Elizabeth M. Byrne, Susan E. Gathercole, and Michael P. Ewbank Abstract ■ Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS), a noninvasive brain stimulation technique, enhances the generalization and sustainability of gains following mathematical training. Here it is combined for the first time with working memory training in a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Temporal Binding and Segmentation in Visual Search: A Computational Neuroscience Analysis Eirini Mavritsaki1,2 and Glyn Humphreys2* Abstract ■ Human visual search operates not only over space but also over time, as old items remain in the visual field and new items appear. Preview search (where one set of distractors appears before the onset of a second set) has been used as a para- digm to

Revisiting the Role of the Fusiform Face Area in Expertise Merim Bilalić1,2 Abstract ■ The fusiform face area (FFA) is considered to be a highly specialized brain module because of its central importance for face perception. Jedoch, many researchers claim that the FFA is a general visual expertise module that distinguishes between individual examples within a single category. Hier, I circumvent the shortcomings of some

Evidence for Integrated Visual Face and Body Representations in the Anterior Temporal Lobes Bronson B. Harry1,2, Katja Umla-Runge3, Andrew D. Lawrence3, Kim S. Graham3, and Paul E. Downing2 Abstract ■ Research on visual face perception has revealed a region in the ventral anterior temporal lobes, often referred to as the anterior temporal face patch (ATFP), which responds strongly to images of faces. To date, Die

Don’t Think, Just Feel the Music: Individuals with Strong Pavlovian-to-Instrumental Transfer Effects Rely Less on Model-based Reinforcement Learning Miriam Sebold1,2, Daniel J. Schad1,3, Stephan Nebe4, Maria Garbusow1,2, Elisabeth Jünger4, Nils B. Kroemer4,5,6, Norbert Kathmann2, Ulrich S. Zimmermann4, Michael N. Smolka4, Michael A. Rapp3, Andreas Heinz1, and Quentin J. M. Huys7,8 D o w n l o a d e d f r o m Abstract

Decisions Made with Less Evidence Involve Higher Levels of Corticosubthalamic Nucleus Theta Band Synchrony Baltazar Zavala1,2, Huiling Tan1,3, Simon Little4, Keyoumars Ashkan5, Alexander L. Green1,3, Tipu Aziz1,3, Thomas Foltynie4, Ludvic Zrinzo4, Kareem Zaghloul2, and Peter Brown1,3 Abstract ■ The switch between automatic action selection and more controlled forms of decision-making is a dynamic process thought to involve both cortical and subcortical structures. During sensory conflict,

Multivoxel Object Representations in Adult Human Visual Cortex Are Flexible: An Associative Learning Study Mehdi Senoussi1,2, Isabelle Berry3,4, Rufin VanRullen1,2, and Leila Reddy1,2 Abstract ■ Learning associations between co-occurring events enables us to extract structure from our environment. Medial-temporal lobe structures are critical for associative learning. Jedoch, the role of the ventral visual pathway ( VVP) in associative learning is not clear. Do multivoxel object