Although there is strong evidence that human decision-making is frequently self-biased, it
remains unclear whether self-biases mediate attention. Here we review evidence on the …

Current views of the parietal cortex have difficulty accommodating the human inferior
parietal lobe (IPL) within a simple dorsal versus ventral stream dichotomy. In humans …

In psychological experiments, participants are typically instructed to respond as fast as
possible without sacrificing accuracy. How they interpret this instruction and, consequently …

Theory of mind, or" mindreading" as it is termed in this book, is the ability to think about
beliefs, desires, knowledge and intentions. It has been studied extensively by …

Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly
updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student …

Recent frameworks in cognitive neuroscience and behavioral neurology underscore
interoceptive priors as core modulators of negative emotions. However, the field lacks …

Empathy is the lens through which we view others' emotion expressions, and respond to
them. In this study, empathy and facial emotion recognition were investigated in adults with …

Controlling multiple languages during speech production is believed to rely on functional
mechanisms that are (at least partly) shared with domain-general cognitive control in early …

It is commonly held that what we see and what we believe we see are overlapping
phenomena. However, dissociations between sensory events and their subjective …

The simple action of pressing a switch has many possible interpretations—the actor could
be turning on a light, deleting critical files from a computer, or even turning off a life-support …