Virtual reality (VR) environments are increasingly being used by neuroscientists to simulate
natural events and social interactions. VR creates interactive, multimodal sensory stimuli that …

The adoption of powerful software tools and computational methods from the software
industry by the scientific research community has resulted in a renewed interest in integrative, …

Scientists routinely use images to display data. Readers often examine figures first; therefore,
it is important that figures are accessible to a broad audience. Many resources discuss …

This study investigates the dynamics of attention during continuous, naturalistic interactions
in a video game. Specifically, the effect of repeated distraction on a continuous primary task …

… Agent-based and other generative approaches (Alicea, 2008a) may be acceptable, but
come with their own caveats. The requirements of noise tolerance and dynamic range …

Many models have been used to simplify and operationalize the subtle but complex mechanisms
of biological evolution. Toy models are gross simplifications that nevertheless attempt …

… Our version of the TSP (Dvoretskii & Alicea, 2019) requires an agent to find an optimal path
to visit a series of locations in a region of space; in our case, a road network connecting the …

The differentiation of neurons and formation of connections between cells is the basis of both
the adult phenotype and behaviors tied to cognition, perception, reproduction, and survival. …

… Bradly Alicea and Richard Gordon conceived and designed the theoretical framework and
analyses, Bradly Alicea analyzed the data, Bradly Alicea and Richard Gordon wrote the paper…

… Number of reciprocal connections (ordered connections from cell A to cell B and from cell
B to cell A) and nodes connected to network serving as both sources and targets. …