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Roger Orpwood
There have been many very promising theories published concerning the generation of consciousness. These theories mostly link the emergence of consciousness to neural activity, but very few attempt to show how that neural activity specifically causes experience to occur. This article explores this problem at the level…
Silvia Primativo, Roberta Daini, Jennifer Pavia, Elisa Fucà + 7 more
Background/Objectives: this paper investigates the local vs. global visual processing preference in typically developing (TD) children, youth with Down syndrome (DS), and youth with Williams syndrome (WS). In particular, the global precedence effect (GPE) and the global interference effect (GI) have recently been…
Paul Nibaudeau, Nicolas Poirel
The use of new technologies has opened the field to numerous studies regarding their impact on cognition. While many studies have suggested that paper presents an advantage over screens, the impact of the medium during local-global visual attentional processes has never been investigated. Visual processing is indeed…
Zhihan Gao, Lianzi Xing, Rui Wang, Yi Jiang
Humans can detect biological motion (BM) from sparse local kinematic cues, yet whether the visual system encodes directional information in a category-invariant manner remains unresolved. Here we combined a visual adaptation paradigm with computational modelling to reveal direction-sensitive neural mechanisms…
Hanieh Sayadi, Hasan Qarehdaghi, Hamidreza Pouretemad, Jamal Amani Rad + 1 more
Efficient interaction with complex visual environments depends on the balance between global and local processing, with a natural tendency to prioritize global information-a phenomenon known as the global advantage. This study investigates how non-invasive brain stimulation using continuous theta-burst stimulation…
Jingyi Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang
The formation of associations, which involves binding disparate pieces of information, is fundamental to constructing episodic memory. This process primarily relies on the neural circuitry within the medial temporal lobe, specifically the hippocampal-parahippocampal network. Within this network, the perirhinal cortex…
Niklas Müller, H. Steven Scholte, Iris I. A. Groen
In real-world vision, the human brain needs to process large amounts of information to effectively interact with its environment. It is well established that our visual system has specialized regions to process information efficiently, such as scene-, face-, and object-selective areas, which can be uncovered using…
Teresa Spanò, Belquis Nassim-Assir, Eva Kaulich, Georgi Tushev + 5 more
Cortical layer 1 plays an essential role for brain function, integrating many streams of information and undergoing synaptic plasticity during learning. Yet, we understand little of the underlying molecular processes, and whether they are specialized to achieve layer-specific functions. Here, we show that layer 1 and…
William Sulis, Andrei Khrennikov, Dennis Dieks
From the perspective of process, time may be viewed as that which marks the occurrence of change, as previously proposed by this author. In contrast, spatial distinctions may be viewed as enabling the individuation and counting of events generated by processes. Following a conceptual discussion of Whitehead’s process…
Leonardo Oleynik, Shehbaz Tariq, Symeon Chatzinotas
Distributing multipartite entanglement is a prerequisite for scalable quantum networks. Networks restricted to local operations and shared randomness (LOSR) avoid the quantum-memory and latency costs associated with the real-time classical communication required by LOCC-based networks. However, when only bipartite…
Aby Philip, Alexander Streltsov
Quantum data hiding stores classical information in bipartite quantum states that are, in principle, perfectly distinguishable, yet remain almost indistinguishable without access to a quantum communication channel. Here, we investigate whether this limitation can be overcome when the communicating parties are assisted…
Baichen Li, Rufin Vogels, Giuseppe Marrazzo, Marta Poyo Solanas + 1 more
Perceiving the movements of other living organisms is a fundamental ability across species. Although several cortical regions are selective for static body features, it is unclear whether these areas also encode motion cues independently of body shapes. Here, we isolated local motion signals from naturalistic body…
Ze‐Tong Li, Xin Wang
Local operations and classical communication (LOCC) is a foundational framework in quantum information from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. However, designing and optimizing LOCC protocols is intractable due to their complex structure. Determining achievable bounds and designing practically…
Soumajit Das, Shampa Mondal, Preeti Parashar, Atanu Bhunia
Quantum nonlocality admits several operational manifestations, one of which emerges from sets of orthogonal quantum states that cannot be perfectly distinguished by local operations and classical communication (LOCC). Such sets are regarded as nonlocal because their perfect discrimination requires global measurements.…
Marcus Siems, Yinan Cao, Tobias H. Donner, Konstantinos Tsetsos + 1 more
How do large-scale brain networks interact to enable cognition? Correlated oscillations, a mechanism for inter-areal interactions, can be expressed as phase coherence or amplitude co-fluctuations. While considerable work has investigated the functional roles of phase coherence, little is known about whether and how the…
YuFei Luo, Xiucheng Xu, Zhen Yang
Long-term memory is critical for LLM agents operating over long-horizon interactions. However, several persistent limitations of existing memory systems can be traced to two recurring misalignment patterns in long-term interaction settings: Temporal-Structural Misalignment (TSM) and Delayed Utility Manifestation (DUM).…
Hua, Qishuo, Ye, Lyumanshan + 14 more
Karl Marx once wrote that "the human essence is the ensemble of social relations" (Marx, 1845), suggesting that individuals are not isolated entities, but are fundamentally shaped by their interactions with other entities — within which contexts play a constitutive and essential role. With the advent of computers and…
Toktam Samiei, Hafiz Fareed Ahmed, Edward Zagha, Erfan Nozari
Despite over a century of research into the neural code, the fundamental principles by which the brain encodes sensory information remain debated. In this study we provide converging evidence for the presence of a dynamic, fast-switching integration of rate and temporal coding in the thalamus, primary visual cortex…
Guang Ping He
Although information, strictly speaking, is not a physical entity, it generally requires physical entities as its carriers, e.g., writing it down on paper, encoding it with quantum particles, or transmitting it using electro-magnetic fields. And it seems natural that these carriers cannot travel faster than light. Here…
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A framework for catalysis based on categorical aperture selection rather than temporal acceleration is presented. Traditional catalysis theory describes catalysts as agents that accelerate reactions by lowering activation energies, implicitly treating time as the fundamental variable and reaction rate enhancement as…
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This comprehensive review examines the evolution of autonomous materials synthesis laboratories that integrate artificial intelligence with advanced robotics to accelerate discovery. Traditional materials development pipelines typically require 10-20 years, but self-driving laboratories (SDLs) and Materials…
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Non-invasive biomarker assessment in saliva offers a promising route for early detection of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and scour in calves. However, accurate electrochemical sensing in this complex matrix remains challenging due to variable pH, viscosity, and interfering species. Here, we report an integrated…