Neural and Behavioral Dynamics of Predictive Speech Planning

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractTiming and prediction are fundamental components of conversational dynamics, particularly in the estimation of turn-taking. While neural markers of predictive processing have been proposed in comprehension, their counterparts in speech production remain less...

Retinotopic Spatial Working Memory Representations Are Not Affected by Task-irrelevant Visual Stimuli

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractVisual working memory (WM) enables the maintenance and manipulation of information no longer accessible in the world. Previous research has identified spatial WM representations in sustained activation patterns in visual, parietal, and frontal cortex, while...

The Time Course of Attention Engagement in a Single-stream Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Design

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractWhen two stimuli are presented at the same spatial location in close temporal proximity—typically less than 500 msec apart—the second stimulus is often not perceived, a phenomenon known as attentional blink (AB). This striking failure of visual awareness is...

Visual Working Memory Representations Selectively Drop in Contralateral Visual Cortex but Remain Decodable in Parietal Cortex after Eye Movements

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractIt has been suggested that our visual system does not only process stimuli that are directly available to our eyes but also has a role in maintaining information in visual working memory (VWM) over seconds. However, two critical questions remain unresolved....

Electroencephalographic Biomarkers of Relaxation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractAlpha oscillations (8–13 Hz), which are prominent in human EEG, have long been considered a neural marker of relaxation. However, the extent to which different frequency bands and electrode positions of the EEG reflect relaxation remains unclear. This...

Regularization, Action, and Attractors in the Dynamical “Bayesian” Brain

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Cognitive Neuropsychology

AbstractThe idea that the brain is a probabilistic (Bayesian) inference machine, continuously trying to figure out the hidden causes of its inputs, has become very influential in cognitive (neuro)science over recent decades. Here, I present a relatively...