An active inference perspective for the amygdala complex
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Dec 15:S1364-6613(23)00283-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe amygdala is a heterogeneous network of subcortical nuclei with central importance in cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Various experimental designs in human psychology and animal model research have mapped multiple conceptual frameworks (e.g., valence/salience and decision making) to ever more refined amygdala circuitry. However, these predominantly bottom up-driven accounts often rely on interpretations tailored to a specific phenomenon, thus preventing comprehensive and integrative theories. We argue ...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - December 16, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ronald Sladky Dominic Kargl Wulf Haubensak Claus Lamm Source Type: research
We know what attention is!
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Dec 15:S1364-6613(23)00286-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAttention is one of the most thoroughly investigated psychological phenomena, yet skepticism about attention is widespread: we do not know what it is, it is too many things, there is no such thing. The deficiencies highlighted are not about experimental work but the adequacy of the scientific theory of attention. Combining common scientific claims about attention into a single theory leads to internal inconsistency. This paper demonstrates that a specific functional conception of attention is incorporated into...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - December 16, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Wayne Wu Source Type: research
An active inference perspective for the amygdala complex
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Dec 15:S1364-6613(23)00283-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe amygdala is a heterogeneous network of subcortical nuclei with central importance in cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Various experimental designs in human psychology and animal model research have mapped multiple conceptual frameworks (e.g., valence/salience and decision making) to ever more refined amygdala circuitry. However, these predominantly bottom up-driven accounts often rely on interpretations tailored to a specific phenomenon, thus preventing comprehensive and integrative theories. We argue ...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - December 16, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ronald Sladky Dominic Kargl Wulf Haubensak Claus Lamm Source Type: research
We know what attention is!
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Dec 15:S1364-6613(23)00286-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAttention is one of the most thoroughly investigated psychological phenomena, yet skepticism about attention is widespread: we do not know what it is, it is too many things, there is no such thing. The deficiencies highlighted are not about experimental work but the adequacy of the scientific theory of attention. Combining common scientific claims about attention into a single theory leads to internal inconsistency. This paper demonstrates that a specific functional conception of attention is incorporated into...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - December 16, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Wayne Wu Source Type: research
An active inference perspective for the amygdala complex
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Dec 15:S1364-6613(23)00283-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe amygdala is a heterogeneous network of subcortical nuclei with central importance in cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Various experimental designs in human psychology and animal model research have mapped multiple conceptual frameworks (e.g., valence/salience and decision making) to ever more refined amygdala circuitry. However, these predominantly bottom up-driven accounts often rely on interpretations tailored to a specific phenomenon, thus preventing comprehensive and integrative theories. We argue ...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - December 16, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ronald Sladky Dominic Kargl Wulf Haubensak Claus Lamm Source Type: research
Why birds are smart
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Dec 13:S1364-6613(23)00281-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany cognitive neuroscientists believe that both a large brain and an isocortex are crucial for complex cognition. Yet corvids and parrots possess non-cortical brains of just 1-25 g, and these birds exhibit cognitive abilities comparable with those of great apes such as chimpanzees, which have brains of about 400 g. This opinion explores how this cognitive equivalence is possible. We propose four features that may be required for complex cognition: a large number of associative pallial neurons, a prefrontal co...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - December 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Onur G üntürkün Roland Pusch Jonas Rose Source Type: research
Why birds are smart
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Dec 13:S1364-6613(23)00281-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany cognitive neuroscientists believe that both a large brain and an isocortex are crucial for complex cognition. Yet corvids and parrots possess non-cortical brains of just 1-25 g, and these birds exhibit cognitive abilities comparable with those of great apes such as chimpanzees, which have brains of about 400 g. This opinion explores how this cognitive equivalence is possible. We propose four features that may be required for complex cognition: a large number of associative pallial neurons, a prefrontal co...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - December 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Onur G üntürkün Roland Pusch Jonas Rose Source Type: research
Why birds are smart
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Dec 13:S1364-6613(23)00281-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany cognitive neuroscientists believe that both a large brain and an isocortex are crucial for complex cognition. Yet corvids and parrots possess non-cortical brains of just 1-25 g, and these birds exhibit cognitive abilities comparable with those of great apes such as chimpanzees, which have brains of about 400 g. This opinion explores how this cognitive equivalence is possible. We propose four features that may be required for complex cognition: a large number of associative pallial neurons, a prefrontal co...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - December 14, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Onur G üntürkün Roland Pusch Jonas Rose Source Type: research
Mechanisms for survival: vagal control of goal-directed behavior
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov 29:S1364-6613(23)00278-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSurvival is a fundamental physiological drive, and neural circuits have evolved to prioritize actions that meet the energy demands of the body. This fine-tuning of goal-directed actions based on metabolic states ('allostasis') is deeply rooted in our brain, and hindbrain nuclei orchestrate the vital communication between the brain and body through the vagus nerve. Despite mounting evidence for vagal control of allostatic behavior in animals, its broader function in humans is still contested. Based on stimulati...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - November 30, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vanessa Teckentrup Nils B Kroemer Source Type: research
Mechanisms for survival: vagal control of goal-directed behavior
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov 29:S1364-6613(23)00278-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSurvival is a fundamental physiological drive, and neural circuits have evolved to prioritize actions that meet the energy demands of the body. This fine-tuning of goal-directed actions based on metabolic states ('allostasis') is deeply rooted in our brain, and hindbrain nuclei orchestrate the vital communication between the brain and body through the vagus nerve. Despite mounting evidence for vagal control of allostatic behavior in animals, its broader function in humans is still contested. Based on stimulati...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - November 30, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vanessa Teckentrup Nils B Kroemer Source Type: research
Mechanisms for survival: vagal control of goal-directed behavior
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov 29:S1364-6613(23)00278-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSurvival is a fundamental physiological drive, and neural circuits have evolved to prioritize actions that meet the energy demands of the body. This fine-tuning of goal-directed actions based on metabolic states ('allostasis') is deeply rooted in our brain, and hindbrain nuclei orchestrate the vital communication between the brain and body through the vagus nerve. Despite mounting evidence for vagal control of allostatic behavior in animals, its broader function in humans is still contested. Based on stimulati...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - November 30, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vanessa Teckentrup Nils B Kroemer Source Type: research
Mechanisms for survival: vagal control of goal-directed behavior
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov 29:S1364-6613(23)00278-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSurvival is a fundamental physiological drive, and neural circuits have evolved to prioritize actions that meet the energy demands of the body. This fine-tuning of goal-directed actions based on metabolic states ('allostasis') is deeply rooted in our brain, and hindbrain nuclei orchestrate the vital communication between the brain and body through the vagus nerve. Despite mounting evidence for vagal control of allostatic behavior in animals, its broader function in humans is still contested. Based on stimulati...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - November 30, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vanessa Teckentrup Nils B Kroemer Source Type: research
Mechanisms for survival: vagal control of goal-directed behavior
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov 29:S1364-6613(23)00278-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSurvival is a fundamental physiological drive, and neural circuits have evolved to prioritize actions that meet the energy demands of the body. This fine-tuning of goal-directed actions based on metabolic states ('allostasis') is deeply rooted in our brain, and hindbrain nuclei orchestrate the vital communication between the brain and body through the vagus nerve. Despite mounting evidence for vagal control of allostatic behavior in animals, its broader function in humans is still contested. Based on stimulati...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - November 30, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vanessa Teckentrup Nils B Kroemer Source Type: research
Mechanisms for survival: vagal control of goal-directed behavior
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov 29:S1364-6613(23)00278-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSurvival is a fundamental physiological drive, and neural circuits have evolved to prioritize actions that meet the energy demands of the body. This fine-tuning of goal-directed actions based on metabolic states ('allostasis') is deeply rooted in our brain, and hindbrain nuclei orchestrate the vital communication between the brain and body through the vagus nerve. Despite mounting evidence for vagal control of allostatic behavior in animals, its broader function in humans is still contested. Based on stimulati...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - November 30, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vanessa Teckentrup Nils B Kroemer Source Type: research
Mechanisms for survival: vagal control of goal-directed behavior
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov 29:S1364-6613(23)00278-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.001. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSurvival is a fundamental physiological drive, and neural circuits have evolved to prioritize actions that meet the energy demands of the body. This fine-tuning of goal-directed actions based on metabolic states ('allostasis') is deeply rooted in our brain, and hindbrain nuclei orchestrate the vital communication between the brain and body through the vagus nerve. Despite mounting evidence for vagal control of allostatic behavior in animals, its broader function in humans is still contested. Based on stimulati...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - November 30, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Vanessa Teckentrup Nils B Kroemer Source Type: research
