Theta oscillations shift towards optimal frequency for cognitive control

M Senoussi, P Verbeke, K Desender… - Nature Human …, 2022 - nature.com
Cognitive control allows to flexibly guide behaviour in a complex and ever-changing
environment. It is supported by theta band (4–7 Hz) neural oscillations that coordinate …

Combined EEG and immersive virtual reality unveil dopaminergic modulation of error monitoring in Parkinson's Disease

R Pezzetta, DG Ozkan, V Era, G Tieri… - npj Parkinson's …, 2023 - nature.com
Detecting errors in your own and others' actions is associated with discrepancies between
intended and expected outcomes. The processing of salient events is associated with …

The representation of abstract goals in working memory is supported by task-congruent neural geometry

M Zhang, Q Yu - PLoS biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Successful goal-directed behavior requires the maintenance and implementation of abstract
task goals on concrete stimulus information in working memory. Previous working memory …

The neural representation of an auditory spatial cue in the primate cortex

JA Undurraga, R Luke, L Van Yper, JJM Monaghan… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Humans make use of small differences in the timing of sounds at the two ears—interaural
time differences (ITDs)—to locate their sources. Despite extensive investigation, however …

[HTML][HTML] Exogenous spatial attention selects associated novel bindings in working memory

Á Fuentes-Guerra, F Botta, J Lupiánez… - Journal of Memory and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Real-world environments are complex, demanding a diverse set of cognitive functions such
as attention and working memory (WM) to perform adaptive behaviors. However, exogenous …

[HTML][HTML] Proactive selective attention across competition contexts

B Aguado-López, AF Palenciano, JMG Peñalver… - Cortex, 2024 - Elsevier
Selective attention is a cognitive function that helps filter out unwanted information. Theories
such as the biased competition model (Desimone & Duncan, 1995) explain how attentional …

[HTML][HTML] Theta Synchronization as a Neural Marker of Flexible (re-) use of Socio-cognitive Mechanisms for a New Category of (artificial) Interaction Partners

L Parenti, UP Navare, S Marchesi, C Roselli… - Cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous work shows that in some instances artificial agents, such as robots, can elicit
higher-order socio-cognitive mechanisms, similar to those elicited by humans. This suggests …

Novel verbal instructions recruit abstract neural patterns of time-variable information dimensionality

P Pena, AF Palenciano, C González-García, M Ruz - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Human performance is endowed by neural representations of information that is relevant for
behavior, some of which are also activated in a preparatory fashion to optimize later …

Factors Influencing the Adoption of the Intentional Stance: The Human Observer

C Roselli, S Marchesi, N Spatola, D Ghiglino… - … : Lessons Learned from …, 2024 - Springer
In everyday life, realizing that other people's minds do not necessarily operate like our own
minds deepens our understanding of how humans function. Thus, to fully understand human …

Selective influence of dopamine on electrocortical signatures of error monitoring: A combined EEG and immersive virtual reality study in Parkinson's disease

R Pezzetta, DG Ozkan, V Era, G Tieri, S Zabberoni… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Detecting errors in one's own and other's actions is likely linked to the discrepancy between
intended or expected and produced or observed output. To detect and process the …