Reciprocal connections dynamically build consensus between neocortical areas

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Friday, September 18, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 18 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02437-3The authors show that reciprocal interactions between cortical areas generate slow dynamics that gradually build consensus across distributed cortical networks, revealing a...

Hippocampal astrocytic sequences emerge during learning and memory recall

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02448-0Senne, Suthard and colleagues show that dorsal hippocampal astrocytes display time-compressed calcium-event sequences after foot shock and upon context re-exposure, and that their...

Predictive and instructive cerebellar encoding of dopamine reward drives motivated behavior

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 16 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02449-zCerebellar neurons encode abstract dopamine rewards using activity patterns that reinforce reward-seeking behavior in mice. If you do not see content above, kindly GO TO SOURCE....

Intracranial recordings in humans reveal differential contributions of medial and lateral orbitofrontal cortex to approach–avoidance decision-making

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Tuesday, September 15, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 15 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02444-4Intracranial recordings reveal oppositely tuned activity in the medial and lateral regions of the human orbitofrontal cortex during approach–avoidance decisions: the medial orbital...

Simultaneous speech and gesture decoding for multimodal communication in paralysis

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Monday, September 14, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02446-2Brosler et al. develop a brain–computer interface that simultaneously decodes speech and gestures from a single cortical implant to animate a virtual avatar, providing a step...

Overlapping representations in the ventral hippocampus support rapid fear memory retrieval

by Clinical Neuropsychologist Online | Monday, September 14, 2026 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 14 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02435-5Fear learning increases the similarity of threatening and neutral context representations in ventral CA1, which may enable faster reinstatement of threat memories, compared to...