Rationality, preferences, and emotions with biological constraints: it all starts from our senses
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Feb 9:S1364-6613(24)00003-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.01.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIs the role of our sensory systems to represent the physical world as accurately as possible? If so, are our preferences and emotions, often deemed irrational, decoupled from these 'ground-truth' sensory experiences? We show why the answer to both questions is 'no'. Brain function is metabolically costly, and the brain loses some fraction of the information that it encodes and transmits. Therefore, if brains maximize objective functions that increase the fitness of their species, they should adapt to the object...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - February 10, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Rafael Polan ía Denis Burdakov Todd A Hare Source Type: research
Simplifying social learning
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Feb 7:S1364-6613(24)00004-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.01.004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSocial learning is complex, but people often seem to navigate social environments with ease. This ability creates a puzzle for traditional accounts of reinforcement learning (RL) that assume people negotiate a tradeoff between easy-but-simple behavior (model-free learning) and complex-but-difficult behavior (e.g., model-based learning). We offer a theoretical framework for resolving this puzzle: although social environments are complex, people have social expertise that helps them behave flexibly with low cogni...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - February 8, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Leor M Hackel David A Kalkstein Peter Mende-Siedlecki Source Type: research
Thalamic deep brain stimulation for tourette syndrome increases cortical beta activity
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the thalamus can effectively reduce tics in severely affected patients with Tourette syndrome (TS). Its effect on cortical oscillatory activity is currently unknown. (Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation)
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - February 8, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Thomas Sch üller, Daniel Huys, Sina Kohl, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle, Till A. Dembek, Jens Kuhn, Juan Carlos Baldermann, Ezra E. Smith Source Type: research
The Association of Quality of Life with Psychosocial Factors in Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2024 Feb 4. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01656-0. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIndividuals with Tourette syndrome (TS) have poorer quality of life (QoL) than their peers, yet factors contributing to poor QoL in this population remain unclear. Research to date has predominantly focused on the impact of tics and psychiatric symptoms on QoL in TS samples. The aim of this cross-sectional, multi-informant study was to identify psychosocial variables that may impact adolescent QoL in TS. Thirty-eight adolescents aged 13 to 17 with TS and 28 age-matched controls participated with a caregiver. No group differ...
Source: Child Psychiatry and Human Development - February 4, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Kelly H Watson Michelle Eckland Jessica M Schwartzman Andrew Molnar Whitney Boon Matthew Hiller Seth Scholer Rachel Mace Alice Rothman Daniel O Claassen Heather R Riordan David A Isaacs Source Type: research
Neurodevelopmental and evolutionary origins of processing social interactions
Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov 30:S1364-6613(23)00285-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.006. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38296746 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2023.11.006 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - January 31, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tobias Grossmann Source Type: research
The neurodevelopmental origins of seeing social interactions
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Jan 9:S1364-6613(23)00307-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.12.007. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38296745 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2023.12.007 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - January 31, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Emalie McMahon Leyla Isik Source Type: research
Targeted Cancer Stem Cell Therapeutics: An Update
Curr Top Med Chem. 2024 Jan 26. doi: 10.2174/0115680266275014240110071351. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCancer stem cells (CSCs) have become a key player in the growth of tumors, the spread of cancer, and the resistance to therapeutic interventions. Targeting these elusive cell populations has the potential to fundamentally alter cancer treatment plans. CSCs, also known as tumor-initiating cells (TICs), are thought to play a role in both medication resistance and cancer recurrence. This is explained by their capacity to regenerate themselves and change into different kinds of cancer cells. Due to their higher expression o...
Source: Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry - January 30, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Naurin Fatima Mohammad Umar Subiya Ambreen Mohd Shaququzzaman Mohammad Mumtaz Alam Ruhi Ali Source Type: research
New geographic location data on the occurrence and abundance of carrion insects of forensic interest
AbstractThe world ’s forensic entomologists have much in common. They face similar research challenges, apply the same scientific methodology, study the same kinds of evidence, and access global research databases. Nevertheless, some regional heterogeneity inevitably exists. For most countries, and particularly tho se that have complex and diverse ecosystems, the current priority is to stimulate use of forensic entomology by establishing open access databases with time series data using standardised protocols for occurrence, abundance, distribution, niche preferences, life cycle, and identification characteris tics for t...
Source: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology - January 30, 2024 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research
Representational structures as a unifying framework for attention
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Jan 27:S1364-6613(24)00002-0. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.01.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOur visual system consciously processes only a subset of the incoming information. Selective attention allows us to prioritize relevant inputs, and can be allocated to features, locations, and objects. Recent advances in feature-based attention suggest that several selection principles are shared across these domains and that many differences between the effects of attention on perceptual processing can be explained by differences in the underlying representational structures. Moving forward, it can thus be us...
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - January 27, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Angus F Chapman Viola S St örmer Source Type: research
Participant diversity is necessary to advance brain aging research
Trends Cogn Sci. 2024 Feb;28(2):92-96. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.12.004. Epub 2024 Jan 27.ABSTRACTAn absence of population-representative participant samples has limited research in healthy brain aging. We highlight examples of what can be gained by enrolling more diverse participant cohorts, and propose recommendations for specific reforms, both in terms of how researchers accomplish this goal and how institutions support and benchmark these efforts.PMID:38280836 | DOI:10.1016/j.tics.2023.12.004 (Source: Trends Cogn Sci)
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - January 27, 2024 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Gagan S Wig Sarah Klausner Micaela Y Chan Cameron Sullins Anirudh Rayanki Maya Seale Source Type: research
Chorea and Cognitive Impairment in JAK2V617F-Positive Myeloproliferative Disorders: A Case Report and Literature Review
We present a case of a male patient with evolving PMF over several years who was admitted for progressive cognitive impairment and generalized involuntary movement disorder. We also present a review of all cases of myeloproliferative disorders presenting with chorea published in the last 40 years.PMID:38276052 | PMC:PMC10817622 | DOI:10.3390/medicina60010018 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - January 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ioana Butnariu Dana Antonescu-Ghelmez Adriana Moraru Daniela Nicoleta Anghel Florentina Melania Cojocaru Sorin Tu ță Adela Magdalena Ciobanu Florian Antonescu Source Type: research
Chorea and Cognitive Impairment in JAK2V617F-Positive Myeloproliferative Disorders: A Case Report and Literature Review
We present a case of a male patient with evolving PMF over several years who was admitted for progressive cognitive impairment and generalized involuntary movement disorder. We also present a review of all cases of myeloproliferative disorders presenting with chorea published in the last 40 years.PMID:38276052 | PMC:PMC10817622 | DOI:10.3390/medicina60010018 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - January 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ioana Butnariu Dana Antonescu-Ghelmez Adriana Moraru Daniela Nicoleta Anghel Florentina Melania Cojocaru Sorin Tu ță Adela Magdalena Ciobanu Florian Antonescu Source Type: research
Chorea and Cognitive Impairment in JAK2V617F-Positive Myeloproliferative Disorders: A Case Report and Literature Review
We present a case of a male patient with evolving PMF over several years who was admitted for progressive cognitive impairment and generalized involuntary movement disorder. We also present a review of all cases of myeloproliferative disorders presenting with chorea published in the last 40 years.PMID:38276052 | PMC:PMC10817622 | DOI:10.3390/medicina60010018 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - January 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ioana Butnariu Dana Antonescu-Ghelmez Adriana Moraru Daniela Nicoleta Anghel Florentina Melania Cojocaru Sorin Tu ță Adela Magdalena Ciobanu Florian Antonescu Source Type: research
Chorea and Cognitive Impairment in JAK2V617F-Positive Myeloproliferative Disorders: A Case Report and Literature Review
We present a case of a male patient with evolving PMF over several years who was admitted for progressive cognitive impairment and generalized involuntary movement disorder. We also present a review of all cases of myeloproliferative disorders presenting with chorea published in the last 40 years.PMID:38276052 | PMC:PMC10817622 | DOI:10.3390/medicina60010018 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - January 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ioana Butnariu Dana Antonescu-Ghelmez Adriana Moraru Daniela Nicoleta Anghel Florentina Melania Cojocaru Sorin Tu ță Adela Magdalena Ciobanu Florian Antonescu Source Type: research
Chorea and Cognitive Impairment in JAK2V617F-Positive Myeloproliferative Disorders: A Case Report and Literature Review
We present a case of a male patient with evolving PMF over several years who was admitted for progressive cognitive impairment and generalized involuntary movement disorder. We also present a review of all cases of myeloproliferative disorders presenting with chorea published in the last 40 years.PMID:38276052 | PMC:PMC10817622 | DOI:10.3390/medicina60010018 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - January 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ioana Butnariu Dana Antonescu-Ghelmez Adriana Moraru Daniela Nicoleta Anghel Florentina Melania Cojocaru Sorin Tu ță Adela Magdalena Ciobanu Florian Antonescu Source Type: research
