I Ought to Reply, So I Can

I can, I do, and so I like: From power to action and aesthetic preferences.

The current work tested the hypothesis that power increases reliance on experiences of motor fluency in forming aesthetic preferences. In 4 experiments, participants reported their aesthetic preferences regarding a variety of targets (pictures, movements, objects, and letters). Experiments 1, 2, and 3 manipulated power and motor fluency (via motoric resonance, extraocular muscle training, and d...

Talk Louder So I Can See You

How does one sense influence the processing of another? In this issue of Neuron, Ibrahim et al. (2016) demonstrate that presence of sound sharpens neural tuning in the primary visual cortex via activation of direct inputs from the primary auditory cortex.

Does ought imply can?

Most philosophers believe that a person can have an obligation only insofar as she is able to fulfil it, a principle generally referred to as "Ought Implies Can". Arguably, this principle reflects something basic about the ordinary concept of obligation. However, in a paper published recently in this journal, Wesley Buckwalter and John Turri presented evidence for the conclusion that ordinary p...

Tell me where I am so I can meet you sooner ( Asynchronous rendezvous with location information )

In this paper we study efficient rendezvous of two mobile agents moving asynchronously in the Euclidean 2d-space. Each agent has limited visibility, permitting it to see its neighborhood at unit range from its current location. Moreover, it is assumed that each agent knows its own initial position in the plane given by its coordinates. The agents, however, are not aware of each others position....

Tell Me Where I Am So I Can Meet You Sooner