Current interpretations of hippocampal memory function are blind to the fact that viewing
behaviors are pervasive and complicate the relationships among perception, behavior …

Positive affect systematically influences performance on many cognitive tasks. A new
neuropsychological theory is proposed that accounts for many of these effects by assuming …

Abstract Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are increasingly popular in the social
sciences, not only in medicine. We argue that the lay public, and sometimes researchers, put …

Neuroscience research has exploded, with more than fifty thousand neuroscientists applying
increasingly advanced methods. A mountain of new facts and mechanisms has emerged …

I propose a reconceptualization of key phenomena important in the study of emotion—those
phenomena that reflect functions and circuits related to survival, and that are shared by …

A major challenge in understanding the cellular diversity of the brain has been linking
activity during behavior with standard cellular typology. For example, it has not been …

If we were to point out in a few words what characterises the phenomenon of life, we would
probably mention the amazing plasticity and robustness of living systems, the innumerable …

What happens in our brains to make us feel fear, love, hate, anger, joy? do we control our
emotions, or do they control us? Do animals have emotions? How can traumatic …

In this major new work, John Searle launches a formidable attack on current orthodoxies in
the philosophy of mind. More than anything else, he argues, it is the neglect of …

Theoretical neuroscience provides a quantitative basis for describing what nervous systems
do, determining how they function, and uncovering the general principles by which they …