Manuela Sellitto

Frontiers | Thalamus and consciousness: a systematic review on thalamic nuclei associated with consciousness IntroductionConsciousness relies on both cortical and subcortical structures and their feedforward and feedback pathways. Within this framework, the thalamus...

Thalamus and consciousness: a systematic review on thalamic nuclei associated with consciousness
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Lossy encoding of distributions in judgment under uncertainty People often make judgments about uncertain facts and events, for example ‘Germany will win the world cup’. Judgment under uncertainty is often studie…

Just out in Cognitive Psychology
Lossy encoding of distributions in judgment under uncertainty
By @tadegquillien.bsky.social , me & Chris Lucas

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We find people's 'best guesses' sneakily encode distribution information that guesser & others can reconstruct later

Brilliant talk by Matthew Rushworth at the INS 2025

World first: brain implant lets man speak with expression ― and sing Nature - Device translates thought to speech in real time.

A man with a severe speech disability is able to speak expressively and sing using a brain implant that translates his neural activity into words almost instantly.

https://go.nature.com/4jPup00

Sorry to hear that Claudio Luzzatti passed away. Another piece of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience is lost.

London taxis lined up on the sidewalk.

A new study reveals that we simplify decisions by storing key choices early and prioritizing critical points. These insights were uncovered through an analysis of London taxi drivers’ navigation strategies.

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list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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It’s that time of the year:

The symposium “Metacognition and social cognition: common ground or false equivalence?” organised by @smfleming.bsky.social is about to start! With @mkwittmann.bsky.social @vhsouthgate.bsky.social @joebarnby.bsky.social #EWCN2025

Cognitive household labor: gender disparities and consequences for maternal mental health and wellbeing - Archives of Women's Mental Health Purpose Although the division of unpaid household labor has been studied as a driver of global gender inequity, the cognitive dimension of household labor—planning, anticipating, and delegating househ...

We all know about inequalities in income & physical childcare but inequalities in cognitive load are often forgotten. This paper is on gender & the household, but there are many other cognitive load inequalities also in the office. Think of who does more mentorship link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I am delighted this work by @gerardosalvato.bsky.social et al on the relationship between disturbances in the sense of body ownership & temperature regulation is finally published! doi.org/10.1038/s414... Here is a thread on the long, scientific whodunit 1/11

Cold hands, altered ownership? We link disturbed body ownership in stroke patients to reduced hand temperature and impaired thermoception. The right Insula & Parietal hubs are key players. We are excited to share our new findings
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