Brain neurons process salience, valence and value separately to understand what is important—and what isn't

The sound of a fire alarm tells us to get out quickly to not get hurt, while the sight of a gas station sign can signal a ...

Perspective: The words that wound — how dehumanizing language rewires the brain

When people are framed as something less than fully human, public empathy and willingness to protect their rights shrink ...
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Prior cocaine use disrupts identification of hidden states by single units and neural ensembles in orbitofrontal cortex

The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is critical to identifying task structure and to generalizing appropriately across task states with similar underlying or hidden causes. This capability is at the heart ...