Pre-frontal cortex guides dimension-reducing transformations in the occipito-ventral pathway for categorization behaviors

Y Duan, J Zhan, J Gross, RAA Ince, PG Schyns - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
To interpret our surroundings, the brain uses a visual categorization process. Current
theories and models suggest that this process comprises a hierarchy of different …

Strength of predicted information content in the brain biases decision behavior

Y Yan, J Zhan, O Garrod, X Cui, RAA Ince, PG Schyns - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Prediction-for-perception theories suggest that the brain predicts incoming stimuli to facilitate
their categorization. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 However, it remains …

[HTML][HTML] Distributed representations of prediction error signals across the cortical hierarchy are synergistic

F Gelens, J Äijälä, L Roberts, M Komatsu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A relevant question concerning inter-areal communication in the cortex is whether these
interactions are synergistic. Synergy refers to the complementary effect of multiple brain …

The Brain Computes Dynamic Facial Movements for Emotion Categorization Using a Third Pathway

Y Yan, J Zhan, O Garrod, C Chen, RAA Ince, R Jack… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Recent theories suggest a new brain pathway dedicated to processing social movement is
involved in understanding emotions from biological motion, beyond the well-known ventral …