Cortico-cortical transfer of socially derived information gates emotion recognition

The Gating Role of Cortical Transfer of Socially Derived Information in Emotion Recognition Background Introduction Emotion recognition and the subsequent responses are crucial for survival and maintaining social functions. However, how social information is processed to reliably recognize emotions remains unclear. In this new study, the authors re...

Modelling Dataset Bias in Machine-Learned Theories of Economic Decision-Making

Background Introduction Over the long term, normative and descriptive models have been trying to explain and predict human decision-making behavior in the face of risk choices such as products or gambling. A recent study discovered a more accurate human decision model by training Neural Networks (NNs) on a new large-scale online dataset called choi...

Human Languages with Greater Information Density Have Higher Communication Speed but Lower Conversation Breadth

Human Languages with Greater Information Density Have Higher Communication Speed but Lower Conversation Breadth

Languages with Higher Information Density Exhibit Faster Communication but Lower Conversational Breadth Background Human languages exhibit extensive differences in encoding information. These differences have been studied extensively within certain semantic domains, such as time, space, color, human body parts, and activities. However, there has be...

Intracranial electroencephalography reveals effector-independent evidence accumulation dynamics in multiple human brain regions

Academic News Report: Revealing Effector-Independent Evidence Accumulation Dynamics from Intracranial Electrophysiological Recordings Research Background The neural mechanisms underlying the decision-making process have long been a significant topic in neuroscience. Previous studies have indicated that it is possible to identify neural signals rela...

Dopamine and Serotonin in Human Substantia Nigra Track Social Context and Value Signals During Economic Exchange

Dopamine and Serotonin in Human Substantia Nigra Track Social Context and Value Signals During Economic Exchange

Background Introduction In contemporary neuroscience research, dopamine and serotonin are hypothesized to be crucial neuromodulators guiding social behavior. However, there is a significant lack of understanding regarding the dynamic changes of these neuromodulators during social interactions. Although non-invasive functional neuroimaging methods (...