A fundamental property of sensory systems is their ability to detect novel stimuli in the
ambient environment. The auditory brain contains neurons that decrease their response to …

In the investigation of any causal mechanisms, such as the brain's causal networks, the
assumption of causal sufficiency plays a critical role. Notably, neglecting this assumption …

Anticipatory brain activity makes it possible to predict the occurrence of expected situations.
However, events such as traffic accidents are statistically unpredictable and can generate …

Socially guided visual attention, such as gaze following and joint attention, represents the
building block of higher-level social cognition in primates, although their …

Decision-making is a cognitive process, in which participants need to attend to relevant
information and ignore the irrelevant information. Previous studies have described a set of …

Significant Chunk memory is one of the essential cognitive functions for high‐expertise (HE)
player to make efficient decisions. However, it remains unknown how the neural …

Social attention, guided by cues like gaze direction, is crucial for effective social interactions.
However, how dynamic environmental context modulates this process remains unclear …

Humor ist ein komplexes und allgegenwärtiges Phänomen. Die Fähigkeit, Humor zu
verstehen, zu erleben und ihn in der Kommunikation mit anderen und zur Verbesserung des …

In the last twenty years, considerable research has been encouraged by the concept of two
distinct attention networks in the human brain for the voluntary deployment of attention and …

This dissertation investigates the multifaceted aspects of attention, exploring its definition,
models, neural substrates, neurotransmitters, and interplay with emotions and expectations …