Kingson Man

TL;DR: Compared with nicotine, ABT-089 evokes more potent and sharper cholinergic transients in prefrontal cortex, and glutamate-sensitive microelectrodes used to measure glutamatergic transients indicated that ABt-089 was more potent than nicotine in evoking glutamate release.

TL;DR: An emerging trend in the use of machine learning classifiers to test for abstraction across patterns of neural activity is highlighted, and Multivariate Cross-Classification (MVCC) is called, which has been important in establishing correspondences among neural patterns across cognitive domains.

TL;DR: A new class of machines with evaluation processes akin to feelings is proposed, based on the principles of homeostasis and developments in soft robotics and multisensory integration, to constitute a platform for investigating consciousness, intelligence and the feeling process itself.

TL;DR: This work exposed English, Mandarin, and Farsi native speakers to native language translations of the same stories during fMRI scanning to demonstrate that neuro‐semantic encoding of narratives happens at levels higher than individual semantic units and that this encoding is systematic across both individuals and languages.

TL;DR: The evidence reviewed here suggests the need for further in‐depth exploration of the intricate connectivity of the mammalian cerebral cortex in experimental neuroanatomical studies, as well as new evidence that has accumulated from studies of functional neuroimaging that the integration of information across the auditory, visual, and somatosensory–motor modalities proceeds in a content‐rich manner.