Cassirer on Neuroscience

Ernst Cassirer: Science, Symbols, and Logics

Perspectives on cognitive neuroscience.

How is it that we can perceive, learn and be aware of the world? The development of new techniques for studying large-scale brain activity, together with insights from computational modeling and a better understanding of cognitive processes, have opened the door for collaborative research that could lead to major advances in our understanding of ourselves.

Conference on Mathematical Neuroscience

Acknowledgements. The Conference on Mathematical Neuroscience is supported by the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (ref. MTM2005-24568-E), by the European Comission through the project Shaping new Directions in Mathematics for Science and Society (ref. 015661) and by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

rEflECTiONS ON SOCial NEurOSCiENCE

686 Tiffany A. Ito, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado. Preparation of this paper was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grant R01MH071257 and National Science Foundation grant 0847872. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Tiffany Ito, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, 345 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80...

Neuroscience perspectives on security

Security issues have been under the spotlight on a daily basis since the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the Twin Towers, which—aired on live TV—were witnessed by millions of people around the globe. This has been accompanied by the increased availability (and leakage) of security information on the Internet, the increase in public awareness over related issues, and the surge of ethical debates on th...