Emotional Perception: Divergence of Early and Late Event-related Potential Modulation Andrew H. Farkas and Dean Sabatinelli Abstract ■ The early posterior negativity (EPN) is a mid-latency ERP component that is reliably enhanced by emotional cues, with a deflection beginning between 150 et 200 msec after stimu- lus onset. The brief, bilateral occipital EPN is followed by the centroparietal late positive potential (LPP), a long duration

Don’t Stop Me Now: Neural Underpinnings of Increased Impulsivity to Temporally Predictable Events , Boris Burle1, Jennifer T. Coull1, Halszka Ogińska2, Inga Korolczuk1,2,3 Michał Ociepka2, Magdalena Senderecka2* , and Kamila Śmigasiewicz1* Abstract ■ Although the benefit of temporal predictability for behavior is long-established, recent studies provide evidence that know- ing when an important event will occur comes at the cost of greater impulsivity. Ici, nous

Composite Measures of Brain Activation Predict Individual Differences in Behavioral Stroop Interference Louisa L. Smith1 , Hannah R.. Snyder2, Benjamin L. Hankin3, and Marie T. Banich1 Abstract ■ The goal of the current study was to interrogate aspects of the cascade-of-control model [Banich, M.. T. Executive function: The search for an integrated account. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18, 89–94, 2009; Banich, M.. T. Le

Heading Direction Tracks Internally Directed Selective Attention in Visual Working Memory Jude L. Thom1 , Anna C. Nobre1, Freek van Ede1,2* , and Dejan Draschkow1* Abstract ■ We shift our gaze even when we orient attention internally to visual representations in working memory. Ici, we show the bodily orienting response associated with internal selective attention is widespread as it also includes the head. In three

Low Vision Impairs Implicit Sensorimotor Adaptation in Response to Small Errors, But Not Large Errors Jonathan S. Tsay , Steven Tan, Marlena A. Chu, Richard B. Ivry, and Emily A. Cooper Abstract ■ Successful goal-directed actions require constant fine-tuning of the motor system. This fine-tuning is thought to rely on an implicit adaptation process that is driven by sensory prediction errors (par exemple., where you see

Are Color Experiences the Same across the Visual Field? Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston1 , Yasunori Aizawa2,3 Makiko Yamada2, and Naotsugu Tsuchiya1,4,5 , Abstract ■ It seems obvious to laypeople that neurotypical humans experience color equivalently across their entire visual field. To some neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers, though, this claim has been met with skepticism, as neurophys- iological evidence indicates the mechanisms that support color perception degrade with

Landmark-dependent Navigation Strategy Declines across the Human Life-Span: Evidence from Over 37,000 Participants Greg L. West1*, Zita Eva Patai2,3*, Antoine Coutrot4, Michael Hornberger5, Véronique D. Bohbot6**, and Hugo J. Spiers2** Abstract ■ Humans show a remarkable capacity to navigate various environments using different navigation strategies, and we know that strategy changes across the life span. Cependant, this observation has been based on studies of small

When a Sunny Day Gives You Butterflies: An Electrophysiological Investigation of Concreteness and Context Effects in Semantic Word Processing Laura Bechtold , Christian Bellebaum, and Marta Ghio Abstract ■ Theories on controlled semantic cognition assume that word concreteness and linguistic context interact during seman- tic word processing. Methodological approaches and findings on how this interaction manifests at the electrophysiological and behavioral levels are heterogeneous. Nous

Seeing an Auditory Object: Pupillary Light Response Reflects Covert Attention to Auditory Space and Object Hsin-I Liao1 , Haruna Fujihira1,2, Shimpei Yamagishi1, Yung-Hao Yang1, and Shigeto Furukawa1 l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . e d u / j /

10 Simple Rules for a Supportive Lab Environment Alexandra C. Pike1 , Kathryn E. Atherton2, Yannik Bauer3, Ben M. Crittenden4, Freek van Ede5 , Sam Hall-McMaster6 , Alexander H. von Lautz7 , Paul S. Muhle-Karbe8,13 , Alexandra M. Murray9, Nicholas E. Myers10 , Frida Printzlau11,12 Lev Tankelevitch15 Dante Wasmuht17, and MaryAnn P. Noonan13 , Ilenia Salaris13, Eelke Spaak14 , Darinka Trübutschek16 , , l D

Opening Questions in Visual Working Memory Anna C. Nobre Abstract ■ In this reflective piece on visual working memory, I depart from the laboriously honed skills of writing a review. Instead of integrating approaches, synthesizing evidence, and building a cohesive perspective, I scratch my head and share niggles and puzzlements. I expose where my scholarship and understanding are stumped by findings and standard views in

Exploring Theater Neuroscience: Using Wearable Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Measure the Sense of Self and Interpersonal Coordination in Professional Actors Dwaynica A. Greaves1,2*, Paola Pinti2*, Sara Din2, Robert Hickson2, Mingyi Diao2, Charlotte Lange2, Priyasha Khurana2, Kelly Hunter3, Ilias Tachtsidis2, and Antonia F. de C. Hamilton2 Abstract ■ Ecologically valid research and wearable brain imaging are increasingly important in cognitive neuroscience as they enable researchers to

The Entangled Brain Luiz Pessoa Abstract ■ The Entangled Brain (Personne, L., 2002. AVEC Presse) promotes the idea that we need to understand the brain as a complex, entangled system. Why does the complex systems perspective, one that entails emergent properties, matter for brain science? En fait, many neuroscientists consider these ideas a distraction. We discuss three principles of brain organization that inform the question

Temporal Organization of Episodic and Experience-near Semantic Autobiographical Memories: Neural Correlates and Context-dependent Connectivity Alice Teghil1,2 , Alessia Bonavita1,2, Federica Procida1, Federico Giove2,3, and Maddalena Boccia1,2 l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / direct . m i t . e d u / j / o

Capturing Cognitive Events Embedded in the Real World Using Mobile Electroencephalography and Eye-Tracking Simon Ladouce1 , Magda Mustile2 , Magdalena Ietswaart2, and Frédéric Dehais1,3 Abstract ■ The study of cognitive processes underlying natural behav- iors implies departing from computerized paradigms and artifi- cial experimental probes. The present study aims to assess the feasibility of capturing neural markers (P300 ERPs) of cognitive processes evoked in response

Competition between Associations in Memory Jeremy B. Caplan1,2 , Nora Hennies2, and Tobias Sommer2 Abstract ■ If two associations share an item, one may be remembered at the expense of the other (BC recalled but not AB). Ici, we iden- tify the neural processes by which this competition materializes and is resolved. We analyzed fMRI signal while participants stud- ied sets of pairs that reliably

Introduction to the Special Focus: The Affective Neuroscience of Poverty Robin Nusslock1 and Martha J. Farah2 Abstract ■ Growing up in poverty is associated with a heightened risk for mental and physical health problems across the life span, and there is a growing recognition of the role that social deter- minants of health play in driving these outcomes and inequities. How do the social conditions

The Role of Action–Effect Contingency on Sensory Attenuation in the Absence of Movement Nathan Han1 , Bradley N. Jack2, Gethin Hughes3, and Thomas J. Whitford1 Abstract ■ Stimuli that have been generated by a person’s own willed motor actions generally elicit a suppressed electrophysiologi- cal, as well as phenomenological, response compared with identical stimuli that have been externally generated. This well-studied phenomenon, known as sensory