The primary sensory cortices are characterized by a topographical mapping of basic
sensory features which is considered to deteriorate in higher-order areas in favor of complex …

Research on social influence has focused mainly on the target of influence (eg, consumer
and voter); thus, the cognitive and neurobiological underpinnings of the source of the …

… Uri Hertz is a lecturer at the University of Haifa in the Department of Cognitive Sciences,
where he investigates the neural mechanisms and psychological processes underlying social …

A crucial attribute in movement encoding is an adequate balance between suppression of
unwanted muscles and activation of required ones. We studied movement encoding across …

Topographic organization is one of the main principles of organization in the human brain.
Specifically, whole-brain topographic mapping using spectral analysis is responsible for one …

Background Theoretical models posit abnormalities in cortico-striatal pathways in two of the
most common neurodevelopmental disorders (Developmental dyslexia, DD, and Attention …

Deep neural networks (DNNs) models have the potential to provide new insights in the study
of cognitive processes, such as human decision making, due to their high capacity and data…

The study of moral judgement and decision making examines the way predictions made by
moral and ethical theories fare in real world settings. Such investigations are carried out …

Events in the world are mediated through multiple sensory inputs which are processed separately
in specific unisensory areas according to the division-of-labor principle, and then need …

Changes to social settings caused by migration, cultural change or pandemics force us to
adapt to new social norms. Social norms provide groups of individuals with behavioural …