This perspective describes predictive processing as a computational framework for
understanding cortical function in the context of emerging evidence, with a focus on sensory …

Research on how information is encoded by the brain is largely based on studies of feature
detector properties of single neurons, but considerable new data shows that single neurons …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Empathy A Social Psychological Approach Mark H. Davis Eckerd
College Routledge Taylor & Francis Croup New York London Page 3 Social Psychology Series …

An argument that the meaning of written or auditory linguistic signals is not derived from the
input but results from the brain's internal construction process. When we read a text or listen …

There are myriad questions that emerge when one considers emotions and decision-
making: What produces emotions? Why do we have emotions? How do we have emotions …

Recognizing emotion in faces is important in human interaction and survival, yet existing
studies do not paint a consistent picture of the neural representation supporting this task. To …

To analyse the functioning of the amygdala in depression, we performed the first voxel-level
resting state functional-connectivity neuroimaging analysis of depression of voxels in the …

The field of nonverbal communication is a strategic site for demonstrating the inextricable
interrelationship between nature and culture in human behaviour. This book, originally …

Evolution has shaped nervous systems to produce stereotyped behavioural responses to
ethologically relevant stimuli. For example when laying eggs, female Drosophila avoid …

The historical debate on representation in cognitive science and neuroscience construes
representations as theoretical posits and discusses the degree to which we have reason to …