What is ‘natural’ about naturalistic neuroscience?
By Nedah N. Nemati (Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College) Abstract Recent advances in neuroscience have introduced a wave of technologies and experimental paradigms aimed at studying animal behavior under more natural conditions. These approaches promise to reconcile the control of laboratory settings with the complexity of real-world environments. Although these methods, here…
Robustness of Working Memory to Prefrontal Cortex Microstimulation
By Joana Soldado-Magraner (CMU), Yuki Minai (CMU), Byron M. Yu (CMU), Matthew A. Smith (CMU) Abstract Delay period activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) has been linked to the maintenance and control of sensory information in working memory. The stability of working memory-related signals found in such delay period activity is believed to support…
Mapping Content: Why Cognitive Maps are Non-conceptual Mental States
By Arieh Schwartz (London School of Economics) and Nir Fresco (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Abstract Cognitive maps play a crucial role in mammalian navigation. They provide the organism with information about its own location and the locations of landmarks within known environments. Cognitive maps have yet to receive ample attention in philosophy. In this…
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