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peer reviewed journal published by MIT Press. JoCN publishes papers that bridge the gap between descriptions of information processing and specifications of brain activity. neuropsychology, experimental psychology, neurology, computational modeling, AI ..

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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Evoked Electroencephalographic Responses to Naturalistic Speech: A Review of Analytic Methods, Current Insights, and Future Directions
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Evoked Electroencephalographic Responses to Naturalistic Speech: A Review of Analytic Methods, Current Insights, and Future Directions
Abstract. The use of natural and naturalistic speech, including continuous narratives, is increasingly popular among researchers who use EEG to study speech and language processing. Despite bridging…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Long-term Memory Contributions to Working Memory: A Contralateral Delay Activity Study
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Long-term Memory Contributions to Working Memory: A Contralateral Delay Activity Study
Abstract. How does long-term memory (LTM) support working memory (WM) performance? Proposed mechanisms include “boosting,” where LTM enhances WM representations through additional activation but does…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Abstract Property-selective Clusters Link Continuous Property Representations to Discrete Category-selective Regions in Human Higher Visual Cortex
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Abstract Property-selective Clusters Link Continuous Property Representations to Discrete Category-selective Regions in Human Higher Visual Cortex
Abstract. Object representations in the human higher visual cortex (HVC) support complex recognition behaviors early in development, yet the principles linking continuous dimensional representations…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Animate–Inanimate Object Categorization from Minimal Visual Information in the Human Brain, Human Behavior, and Deep Neural Networks
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Animate–Inanimate Object Categorization from Minimal Visual Information in the Human Brain, Human Behavior, and Deep Neural Networks
Abstract. The distinction between animate and inanimate things is a main organizing principle of information in perception and cognition. Yet, animacy, as a visual property, has so far eluded…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Neural Reinstatement of Features in Audiovisual Working Memory Indicates Object-based Retrieval
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Neural Reinstatement of Features in Audiovisual Working Memory Indicates Object-based Retrieval
Abstract. Selective attention allows us to prioritize or retrieve task-relevant features and items from working memory. However, previous work has largely relied on unisensory paradigms, leaving open…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How the Percept of Face Familiarity Unfolds Over Time
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How the Percept of Face Familiarity Unfolds Over Time
Abstract. A single glance at a face can evoke a sense of familiarity, yet how this percept unfolds over time remains unclear. We adopted a frequency-tagging EEG paradigm to investigate neural…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Subjective Visibility Enhances Early Posterior EEG Decoding of Stimulus Location across Report and No-report Tasks
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Subjective Visibility Enhances Early Posterior EEG Decoding of Stimulus Location across Report and No-report Tasks
Abstract. A central question in consciousness research is whether perceptual awareness is primarily reflected in early posterior sensory activity or in later frontal processes associated with access…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Effect of Perceptually Challenging Conditions on Speech and Sign Language Perception
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The Effect of Perceptually Challenging Conditions on Speech and Sign Language Perception
Abstract. Language is often processed in perceptually challenging conditions. Although the neural correlates of speech processing in such conditions have been well studied, this is not the case for…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Patterns of Alpha-band Power Reflect Prioritization of the Most Recently Encoded Location in a Working Memory Sequence
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Patterns of Alpha-band Power Reflect Prioritization of the Most Recently Encoded Location in a Working Memory Sequence
Abstract. Space and time play a critical role in working memory formation and maintenance relative to other object features. Particularly, covert spatial attention spontaneously tracks object…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Awareness-dependent Attentional Templates: Neural Mechanism Differentiation Driven by Visual Working Memory Load
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Awareness-dependent Attentional Templates: Neural Mechanism Differentiation Driven by Visual Working Memory Load
Abstract. Visual working memory (VWM) guides attention via internal attentional templates, but whether this relies on a “single” or “multiple” templates and how awareness and VWM load regulate its…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
N1 Suppression to Audiovisual Self-generated Sensory Events
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N1 Suppression to Audiovisual Self-generated Sensory Events
Abstract. The ability to discriminate between self-generated and externally generated events is crucial for adaptive behavior. Attenuated N1 responses to self-initiated sensory events indicate a…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Evoked Electroencephalographic Responses to Naturalistic Speech: A Review of Analytic Methods, Current Insights, and Future Directions
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Evoked Electroencephalographic Responses to Naturalistic Speech: A Review of Analytic Methods, Current Insights, and Future Directions
Abstract. The use of natural and naturalistic speech, including continuous narratives, is increasingly popular among researchers who use EEG to study speech and language processing. Despite bridging…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Long-term Memory Contributions to Working Memory: A Contralateral Delay Activity Study
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Long-term Memory Contributions to Working Memory: A Contralateral Delay Activity Study
Abstract. How does long-term memory (LTM) support working memory (WM) performance? Proposed mechanisms include “boosting,” where LTM enhances WM representations through additional activation but does…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Abstract Property-selective Clusters Link Continuous Property Representations to Discrete Category-selective Regions in Human Higher Visual Cortex
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Abstract Property-selective Clusters Link Continuous Property Representations to Discrete Category-selective Regions in Human Higher Visual Cortex
Abstract. Object representations in the human higher visual cortex (HVC) support complex recognition behaviors early in development, yet the principles linking continuous dimensional representations…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Animate–Inanimate Object Categorization from Minimal Visual Information in the Human Brain, Human Behavior, and Deep Neural Networks
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Animate–Inanimate Object Categorization from Minimal Visual Information in the Human Brain, Human Behavior, and Deep Neural Networks
Abstract. The distinction between animate and inanimate things is a main organizing principle of information in perception and cognition. Yet, animacy, as a visual property, has so far eluded…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Neural Reinstatement of Features in Audiovisual Working Memory Indicates Object-based Retrieval
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Neural Reinstatement of Features in Audiovisual Working Memory Indicates Object-based Retrieval
Abstract. Selective attention allows us to prioritize or retrieve task-relevant features and items from working memory. However, previous work has largely relied on unisensory paradigms, leaving open…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How the Percept of Face Familiarity Unfolds Over Time
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How the Percept of Face Familiarity Unfolds Over Time
Abstract. A single glance at a face can evoke a sense of familiarity, yet how this percept unfolds over time remains unclear. We adopted a frequency-tagging EEG paradigm to investigate neural…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Subjective Visibility Enhances Early Posterior EEG Decoding of Stimulus Location across Report and No-report Tasks
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Subjective Visibility Enhances Early Posterior EEG Decoding of Stimulus Location across Report and No-report Tasks
Abstract. A central question in consciousness research is whether perceptual awareness is primarily reflected in early posterior sensory activity or in later frontal processes associated with access…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Task Relevance Modulates Early Threat and Prediction Signals in Face Processing: An Event-Related Potential Study
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Task Relevance Modulates Early Threat and Prediction Signals in Face Processing: An Event-Related Potential Study
Abstract. Threat and prediction signals are proposed to influence perceptual processing automatically. Here, we examine how the pre-allocation of spatial attention and the task relevance of the…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Neural Organization of Episodic Memory and Navigation in Children and Adults
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Neural Organization of Episodic Memory and Navigation in Children and Adults
Abstract. Episodic memory and spatial navigation are often viewed as interlinked, in part due to their shared reliance on medial-temporal lobe (MTL) structures. At the same time, there are important…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Attention and Explicit Knowledge Drive Predictive Sharpening in Early Visual Cortex
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Attention and Explicit Knowledge Drive Predictive Sharpening in Early Visual Cortex
Abstract. Perception is increasingly understood as an inferential process in which sensory input is interpreted in light of prior knowledge. Although predictive effects are widely documented in…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Neural Basis of Serial Scanning across Position Codes in Verbal Working Memory
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Neural Basis of Serial Scanning across Position Codes in Verbal Working Memory
Abstract. Serial order processing is a core component of verbal working memory (WM), yet its neural mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here, we examined how order information is instantiated…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Enhanced Episodic Memory Encoding Following Modulation of the Amygdala via Transcranial Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound
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Enhanced Episodic Memory Encoding Following Modulation of the Amygdala via Transcranial Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound
Abstract. The amygdala is considered crucial to the formation of emotional episodic memories, yet causal evidence in humans is limited due to challenges in noninvasive neuromodulation of deep brain…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Intracranial Evidence for the Cerebellum’s Role in Semantic Processing
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Intracranial Evidence for the Cerebellum’s Role in Semantic Processing
Abstract. Language impairments in patients with cerebellar damage or dysfunction strongly implicate the cerebellum in language processing but the nature, timing, and specificity of its contributions…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Memory Traces Reflect How They Were Last Accessed
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Memory Traces Reflect How They Were Last Accessed
Abstract. Episodic memories are known to change with each act of retrieval. We hypothesize that accessing semantic knowledge in different ways during episodic retrieval—from unique perceptual…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Theta and High-alpha Phase-locking Dynamics Unveil Face Perception in Ambiguous Stimuli
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Theta and High-alpha Phase-locking Dynamics Unveil Face Perception in Ambiguous Stimuli
Abstract. Previous studies emphasize phase synchronization as a fundamental mechanism for integrating local features into coherent percepts. We employed a novel paradigm and dynamic graph analysis…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Distinct Patterns of Syntactic Errors Doubly Dissociate in Chronic Poststroke Aphasia
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Distinct Patterns of Syntactic Errors Doubly Dissociate in Chronic Poststroke Aphasia
Abstract. The lesion correlates of syntactic deficits in aphasia remain poorly understood. Previous studies have suggested that distinct error types in expressive syntax may be associated with damage…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Neural Distinctions between Social and Nonsocial Reward Anticipation: An Examination of Activation Magnitude, Representational Patterns, Individual Differences, and Functional Connectivity
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Neural Distinctions between Social and Nonsocial Reward Anticipation: An Examination of Activation Magnitude, Representational Patterns, Individual Differences, and Functional Connectivity
Abstract. Prevailing theories emphasize a “common neural currency” for social and nonsocial rewards, particularly during reward anticipation. However, direct comparisons of social and nonsocial…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Transformer Mechanisms Mimic Frontostriatal Gating Operations When Trained on Human Working Memory Tasks
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Transformer Mechanisms Mimic Frontostriatal Gating Operations When Trained on Human Working Memory Tasks
Abstract. Working memory (WM) is thought to rely on sophisticated frontostriatal mechanisms for selective gating, supporting updating and readout of information to and from distinct memory…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Exploring Neural Mechanisms Underlying Error-related Impairments in Active Working Memory Suggests an Adaptive Shielding of Contents during Cognitive Control
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Exploring Neural Mechanisms Underlying Error-related Impairments in Active Working Memory Suggests an Adaptive Shielding of Contents during Cognitive Control
Abstract. Goal-directed behavior relies on cognitive flexibility—the ability to rapidly adapt ongoing thoughts and behaviors while preserving task-relevant information. The performance monitoring…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Slow Oscillations Modulate Overnight Brain Changes in Working Memory Function
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Slow Oscillations Modulate Overnight Brain Changes in Working Memory Function
Abstract. Working memory (WM), the transient storage and manipulation of information, is a cognitive function that can improve with training. Accumulating evidence suggests that sleep, particularly…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Erratum: Neural Processing of Immediate versus Delayed Feedback in Action-feedback and Stimulus-feedback Associations
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Erratum: Neural Processing of Immediate versus Delayed Feedback in Action-feedback and Stimulus-feedback Associations
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Stimulation of Right Temporal Cortex Enhances Talker Typicality Judgments
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Stimulation of Right Temporal Cortex Enhances Talker Typicality Judgments
Abstract. Listeners are exquisitely sensitive to the ways that different talkers produce speech sounds, and such sensitivity may allow listeners to condition speech perception on talker information.…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Diagnostic Images for Mild Cognitive Impairment Are Sensitive to Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers and Reveal Abnormal Scene Processing
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Diagnostic Images for Mild Cognitive Impairment Are Sensitive to Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers and Reveal Abnormal Scene Processing
Abstract. Research on visual episodic memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease often focuses on memory processes rather than the specific content of image being remembered. We previously showed that…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Memory in the Palm of Your Hand: Smartphone-based Methods for Measuring Memory in the Wild
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Memory in the Palm of Your Hand: Smartphone-based Methods for Measuring Memory in the Wild
Abstract. Our memories for personally experienced events are essential to who we are and what we do, yet methodological constraints have limited our ability to sample these real-world memories in the…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Sensorimotor Adaptation of Vocal Pitch Is Impaired in Cerebellar Ataxia
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Sensorimotor Adaptation of Vocal Pitch Is Impaired in Cerebellar Ataxia
Abstract. Sensory errors, mismatches between predicted sensory outcomes of movement and reafferent sensory feedback, drive changes in the feedforward control of future motor behavior that correct for…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Processing Asymmetry in Object-modifying Relative Clauses: Evidence from Functional Connectivity
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Processing Asymmetry in Object-modifying Relative Clauses: Evidence from Functional Connectivity
Abstract. Relative clauses (RCs) can be used to recursively embed structures in sentences. Subject-modifying (SM) RCs have been widely used to examine whether there is asymmetry in the ease of…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Investigating the Effects of Acute Stress on Neural Mechanisms of Self-controlled Decision-making
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Investigating the Effects of Acute Stress on Neural Mechanisms of Self-controlled Decision-making
Abstract. Successfully exerting self-control is an important prerequisite for adaptive decision-making in daily life. The experience of acute stress might impair the ability to select actions in line…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Simultaneous Cortical Responses to Multiple Written Words
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Simultaneous Cortical Responses to Multiple Written Words
Abstract. We have learned much about the brain regions that support reading by measuring neuronal responses to single words, but we know little about how the brain processes multiple words…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Memory Reactivation Levels Remain Unaffected by Anticipated Interference
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Memory Reactivation Levels Remain Unaffected by Anticipated Interference
Abstract. Most daily tasks require frequent information exchange between working memory (WM) and long-term memory (LTM). However, the factors that modulate the reactivation of LTMs in WM remain to be…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Memory Reactivation Levels Remain Unaffected by Anticipated Interference
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Memory Reactivation Levels Remain Unaffected by Anticipated Interference
Abstract. Most daily tasks require frequent information exchange between working memory (WM) and long-term memory (LTM). However, the factors that modulate the reactivation of LTMs in WM remain to be…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Distilling the Neurophenomenological Signatures of Pure Awareness during Transcendental Meditation
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Distilling the Neurophenomenological Signatures of Pure Awareness during Transcendental Meditation
Abstract. Pure awareness (PA) has been proposed as a form of minimal phenomenal experience, but its neurophenomenological signatures remain poorly characterized. Transcendental meditation (TM) offers…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Retrieval-related Eye Movements Are Predictive of Memory Precision
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Retrieval-related Eye Movements Are Predictive of Memory Precision
Abstract. Eye movements are predictive of successful episodic memory encoding and retrieval, but it is unclear whether they reflect the precision of retrieved memory content. Here, we examined…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Working Memory Facilitates Event Segmentation Via Boundary-triggered Reactivation and Partial Accumulation during Events
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Working Memory Facilitates Event Segmentation Via Boundary-triggered Reactivation and Partial Accumulation during Events
Abstract. Event segmentation is the cognitive process of dividing continuous experiences into meaningful units. Although working memory (WM) is believed to play an instrumental role in event…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Can Category-selective Cortex Predict Categorization Behavior?
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Can Category-selective Cortex Predict Categorization Behavior?
Abstract. One of the distinctive features of the human visual system is the presence in occipito-temporal cortex (OTC) of regions that show preferential activation to specific categories of visual…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Visual Perceptual Learning Enhances Functional Connectivity in Retinotopic Space
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Visual Perceptual Learning Enhances Functional Connectivity in Retinotopic Space
Abstract. Repeated exposure to perceptual tasks improves behavioral performance. Several neural mechanisms have been proposed to account for such perceptual learning. Computational modeling suggests…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Physiological Evidence for the Time-dependent Resolution of Response Conflicts
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Physiological Evidence for the Time-dependent Resolution of Response Conflicts
Abstract. Cognitive control encapsulates the mental processes that support goal-directed behavior and overcome habitual/automatic drives. Traditional RT approaches obscure the temporal dynamics of…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Temporal Dynamics of Attentional Allocation during Counterfactual Learning
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The Temporal Dynamics of Attentional Allocation during Counterfactual Learning
Abstract. Counterfactual learning, the ability to learn from what could have happened under different circumstances, is a key cognitive mechanism supporting behavioral adaptation. While its neural…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Passive but Accessible: Studied Information Is Not Actively Stored in Working Memory, Yet Attended Regardless of Anticipated Load
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Passive but Accessible: Studied Information Is Not Actively Stored in Working Memory, Yet Attended Regardless of Anticipated Load
Abstract. Working memory (WM) has a limited capacity of three to four items, yet people often encounter more information than this limit allows. A potential strategy, especially when overload is…
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (JoCN) @jocn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Alpha and Beta Frequency Modulations in Motion Prediction Reveal Mechanisms of Predictive Coding in Perception
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Alpha and Beta Frequency Modulations in Motion Prediction Reveal Mechanisms of Predictive Coding in Perception
Abstract. Perception is an active process guided by prior knowledge and expectations, allowing the brain to optimize sensory processing and reduce uncertainty. Although modulations in alpha (7–13 Hz)…
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