Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Space, Time, and Fear: Survival Computations along Defensive Circuits, https://bit.ly/36WuucE  By @DeanMobbs , Drew B. Headley, Weilun Ding, & Peter Dayan @MPICybernetics @caltechpic.twitter.com/tNfOa7mx20

Theta Oscillations in Human Memory https://bit.ly/2RUENcW  By @NoraHerweg, @esolomon, & @KahanaMichaelpic.twitter.com/ZrT4ReF99h

Reevaluating the Role of Persistent Neural Activity in Short-Term Memory, https://bit.ly/2S0mfXC  by Nicolas Masse, Matthew Rosen, & David Freedmanpic.twitter.com/3KTFuZJ6Yj

Studying Gender Diversity, https://bit.ly/2RhtVph  by Jennifer Rubin, S. Atwood, & @olsonistapic.twitter.com/RJFxNUEQcg

Learning During Sleep: A Dream Comes True? https://bit.ly/2NNdNK3  by Simon Ruch & Katharina Henkepic.twitter.com/SNFLzyFqDj

Avoid Cohen’s ‘Small’, ‘Medium’, and ‘Large’ for Power Analysis https://bit.ly/38g8Kd4  Opinion by Joshua Correll, Christopher Mellinger, Gary McClelland, & Charles Juddpic.twitter.com/3BnrocNgUv

How do we represent possibilities? Two articles discuss the ontogenetic (B. Leahy & S. Carey) and phylogenetic (J. Redshaw & T. Suddendorf) origins of modal cognition L & C: https://bit.ly/2to5bCq  R & S: https://bit.ly/2rNV2OK  Letter by all authors: https://bit.ly/36nEkVF pic.twitter.com/AdNrhds6GK

Is Preregistration Worthwhile? https://bit.ly/2SIOUT7  Comment on Nosek and colleagues' recent TICS article "Preregistration is Hard, and Worthwhile" https://bit.ly/2QChsuV  by Szollosi, Kellen, @djnavarro, Shiffrin, @IrisVanRooij, Van Zandt and Donkinpic.twitter.com/es8pDWF9Rp

RT @CellPressNews: #Connectivity Fingerprints: From Areal Descriptions to Abstract Spaces @Dick_retired @SaadJbabdi @OxfordWIN, @OxExpPsy, @WCHN_UCL @TrendsCognSci http://bit.ly/2saG2ua pic.twitter.com/vZu4bjeM3f

How can we incentivize #SlowScience? @mcxfrank suggests using an N-best policy to evaluate candidates for hiring and promotion Open Access for the next 50 days: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1a5Uw4sIRvBFpB …pic.twitter.com/acOTFAUM3V

"Fast Science is bad for scientists and bad for science." --Uta Frith, Fast Lane to Slow Science #slowscience https://bit.ly/32SeUgk pic.twitter.com/ZajUHgthTR

Belief Representation in Great Apes, https://bit.ly/33ySotW  Alia Martin discusses a recent PNAS paper by Kano and colleagues on false belief understanding in apes @fkano @ChrisKrupenye @PNASNews @alia_martinpic.twitter.com/QDANLGuztk

A Dual Model of Leadership and Hierarchy: Evolutionary Synthesis, https://bit.ly/32Lo52G  Review by Mark van Vugt & Jennifer Smithpic.twitter.com/FQxmzZ5NWg

How can we improve the incentive structure in science? Michael C. Frank discusses using an N-best policy to evaluate candidates for hiring/promotion. @mcxfrank http://bit.ly/2J5GYpg pic.twitter.com/zstrmDbGHn

Our May issue is online now! https://bit.ly/301Vh53  With contributions by @Uri_Hasson, @hcnusbaum, @kurtjgray, @HeleenASlagter, @d_soto_b, @selectedstories, @usmanayubsh, @roger_p_levy, @demishassabis, @nadine_dijkstra, and others.pic.twitter.com/OCPnU94pPS

How Efficiency Shapes Human Language Feature Review by Ted Gibson, Roger Levy, and colleagues, https://bit.ly/2UPPnFo pic.twitter.com/YoRhz98UgB

April issue of TICS out online! Free featured article this month: Cognitive control of escape behaviour, https://bit.ly/2CoWYiN  by Tiago Branco and colleaguespic.twitter.com/8CfsKrRLWs

A Semantic Network Cartography of the Creative Mind https://bit.ly/2VjpQA9  new Forum by Yoed Kenett & Miriam Faustpic.twitter.com/fqhvFwbWCR

Dopamine and Cognitive Control in Prefrontal Cortex Feature Review by Torben Ott & Andreas Nieder https://bit.ly/2TpuLPt pic.twitter.com/8Penacs4Wg

New Opinion: Cognitive Training Does Not Enhance General Cognition by Giovanni Sala & Fernand Gobet https://bit.ly/2TFhFhu pic.twitter.com/gi76oVY8a1