Women are known to have stronger prosocial preferences than men, but it remains an open
question as to how these behavioural differences arise from differences in brain functioning. …

A predominant theory regarding early stroke and its effect on language development, is that
early left hemisphere lesions trigger compensatory processes that allow the right …

Theories and computational models of decision-making usually focus on how strongly
different attributes are weighted in choice, for example, as a function of their importance or …

Dopamine is thought to play a crucial role in value-based decision making. However, the
specific contributions of different dopamine receptor subtypes to the computation of subjective …

Gesture is an integral part of children's communicative repertoire. However, little is known
about the neurobiology of speech and gesture integration in the developing brain. We …

One aspect of goal-directed behavior, which is known to be impaired in patients with schizophrenia
(SZ), is balancing between exploiting a familiar choice with known reward value and …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients typically respond more slowly and with more variability
than controls during tasks of attention requiring speeded reaction time. These behavioral …

Optimal behavior requires striking a balance between exploiting tried-and-true options or
exploring new possibilities. Neuroimaging studies have identified different brain regions in …

Variability or noise is an unmistakable feature of neural signals; however such fluctuations
have been regarded as not carrying meaningful information or as detrimental for neural …

In everyday conversation, listeners often rely on a speaker's gestures to clarify any ambiguities
in the verbal message. Using fMRI during naturalistic story comprehension, we examined …