The term “predictive brain” depicts one of the most relevant concepts in cognitive
neuroscience which emphasizes the importance of “looking into the future”, namely …

This study investigated how preschool children processed and understood critical
information in Magical Garden, a teachable agent-based play-&-learn game targeting early …

Resilience is commonly understood as the capacity for a system to maintain a desirable
state while undergoing adversity or to return to a desirable state as quickly as possible after …

Recent research in cognitive psychology, neuro-science, and robotics has widely explored
the tight relations between language and action systems in primates. However, the link …

While considerable evidence supports the notion that lower-level interpretation of incoming
sensory information is guided by top-down sensory expectations, less is known about the …

This article proposes a complex network methodology for the process of Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) that limits subjectivity and reduces uncertainty by incorporating …

The grasp orientation when grasping an object is frequently aligned in anticipation of the
intended rotation of the object (end-state comfort effect). We analyzed grasp orientation …

Recently, attention mechanisms have significantly boosted the performance of natural
language processing using deep learning. An attention mechanism can select the …

Recent experimental evidence indicates that animals can use mental simulation to make
decisions about the actions to take during goal-directed navigation. The principal brain …

Pursuing a precise, focused train of thought requires cognitive effort. Even more effort is
necessary when more alternatives need to be considered or when the imagined situation …