The primate prefrontal cortex (PFC) subserves our highest order cognitive operations, and
yet is tremendously dependent on a precise neurochemical environment for proper …

Hierarchy is a major organizational principle of the cortex and underscores modern
computational theories of cortical function. The local microcircuit amplifies long-distance …

Our natural behavioral repertoires include coordinated actions of characteristic types. To
better understand how neural activity relates to the expression of actions and action …

Behavioral flexibility depends on our capacity to build and leverage abstract knowledge
about tasks. Recently, two separate lines of research have implicated distinct brain networks …

Prior work has shown that the brain represents memories within a cognitive map that
supports inference about connections between individual related events. Real-world …

The prefrontal cortex is so important to human beings that, if deprived of it, our behaviour is
reduced to action-reactions and automatisms, with no ability to make deliberate decisions …

Coordinating among the demands of the external environment and internal plans requires
cognitive control supported by a fronto-parietal control network (FPCN). Evidence suggests …

Cognitive models in psychology and neuroscience widely assume that the human brain
maintains an abstract representation of tasks. This assumption is fundamental to theories …

Consistent evidence has established that people avoid cognitively effortful tasks. However,
the features that make a task cognitively effortful are still not well understood. Multiple …

The mammalian frontal and auditory cortices are important for vocal behavior. Here, using
local-field potential recordings, we demonstrate that the timing and spatial patterns of …