… Are living things machines? Defining “life” has proven to be notoriously difficult, and
important changes in how we view this basic term have been suggested as a means of spurring …

… we view those kinds of things and not when we view things from other categories. For objects
(… Because the mechanisms we use to construct when and especially why are imperfect and …

… Understanding the brain mechanisms that seamlessly solve … For each trial, monkeys used
an eye movement to select one … each model (using the fixed definitions of this study; see main …

… To see this, we consider the box-and-arrow circuit in the parkinsonian state. As described in
… , HD and LIDs) disorders, depending on the mechanism and location of the pathology. In a …

… circuits 38 or the circuits that compute the direction of motion … allowed targeted studies into
circuit mechanisms that offer a … Yet, to see things behind them, humans must turn their head. …

… and motion of both of a participant’s hands, as seen by a video camera, determine the behavior
of a variety of on-screen objects, … provide a general mechanism for building customized …

… insight into the cellular mechanisms that enable V1 to see. … certainly depend on specific
circuit mechanisms. For example, … The latter may serve to account for the effect of movement on …

… We propose that mechanisms in the entorhinal cortex and … Although this view explains
some aspects of sensory … place cells learn models of environments via movement of the …

… the way actual perceptual mechanisms work. … brain circuits that process that kind of content.
For example, visual brain area MT+ processes motion perception, both 3D and 2D motion. …

… Biophysical modeling of amygdala circuits showed that simulation neurons emerge naturally
from … Reinforcement learning provides a mechanism whereby neurons can derive values for …