Companion Podcast
Running time: 10 minutes 30 seconds
I discuss several news items that didn't get reported in this months news digest, covering number processing, the brain's role in perception, decision-mating, prejudice, and autism.
References
- Pepperberg, I.M. 2006. Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) Numerical
Abilities: Addition and Further Experiments on a Zero-Like Concept.
Journal of Comparative Psychology, 120(1), 1-11.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-07/bu-agp070805.htm - Cantlon, J.F., Brannon, E.M., Carter, E.J. & Pelphrey, K.A. 2006.
Functional Imaging of Numerical Processing in Adults and 4-y-Old
Children.
Full Text at PLoS
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040125 - Wyss, R., König, P. & Verschure, P.F.M.J. 2006. A Model of the
Ventral Visual System Based on Temporal Stability and Local Memory.
Full Text at PLoS (Free)
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10%2E1371%2Fjournal%2Epbio%2E0040120 - Wiesel, T.N. & Hubel, D.H. 1963. Single-cell responses in striate cortex of kittens deprived of vision in one eye. Journal of Neurophysiology, 26,1003--1017.
- Smith, M.A., Ghazizadeh, A. & Shadmehr, R. 2006. Interacting
Adaptive Processes with Different Timescales Underlie Short-Term Motor
Learning.
Full text at PLoS
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10%2E1371%2Fjournal%2Epbio%2E0040179 - Summerfield, C., Greene, M., Wager, T., Egner, T. & Mangels, J.H.J.
2006. Neocortical Connectivity during Episodic Memory Formation.
Full text at PLoS (Free)
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040128 - Yoshida, W. & Ishii, S. 2006. Resolution of Uncertainty in
Prefrontal Cortex.Neuron, 50, 781-789.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-05/cp-wwc052506.htm - Mitchell et al. 2006. Dissociable Medial Prefrontal Contributions to
Judgments of Similar and Dissimilar Others.
Neuron, 50, 655–663.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-05/cp-bsy051106.htm - New findings help pinpoint autism's genetic roots
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-05/usmc-nfh042806.htm
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