The human cerebral cortex is vastly expanded relative to other primates and
disproportionately occupied by distributed association regions. Here we offer a hypothesis …

Cognition results from interactions among functionally specialized but widely distributed
brain regions; however, neuroscience has so far largely focused on characterizing the …

The transition from childhood to adolescence is marked by pronounced shifts in brain
structure and function that coincide with the development of physical, cognitive, and social …

Objective: Disrupted emotional processing is a common feature of many psychiatric
disorders. The authors investigated functional disruptions in neural circuitry underlying …

Emotional arousal enhances perception and memory of high-priority information but impairs
processing of other information. Here, we propose that, under arousal, local glutamate levels …

Selective attention mechanisms route behaviorally relevant information through large-scale
cortical networks. Although evidence suggests that populations of cortical neurons …

The brain has a limited capacity and therefore needs mechanisms to selectively enhance
the information most relevant to one's current behavior. We refer to these mechanisms as" …

Predictive coding theories of sensory brain function interpret the hierarchical construction of
the cerebral cortex as a Bayesian, generative model capable of predicting the sensory data …

The rapid and efficient selection of emotionally salient or goal-relevant stimuli in the
environment is crucial for flexible and adaptive behaviors. Converging data from …

What is the relationship between brain and behavior? The answer to this question
necessitates characterizing the map** between structure and function. The aim of this …