Neuromodulation of Attention

Neuromodulation of Attention

Attention is critical to high-level cognition and attention deficits are a hallmark of neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders. Although years of research indicates that distinct neuromodulators influence attentional control, a mechanistic account that traverses levels of analysis (cells, circuits, behavior) is missing. However, such an account is critical to guide the development of next-gen...

Uncertainty, Neuromodulation, and Attention

Uncertainty in various forms plagues our interactions with the environment. In a Bayesian statistical framework, optimal inference and prediction, based on unreliable observations in changing contexts, require the representation and manipulation of different forms of uncertainty. We propose that the neuromodulators acetylcholine and norepinephrine play a major role in the brain's implementation...

Uncertainty and Neuromodulation: Focus on Acetylcholine and Sustained Attention

Decision making is an essential component of intelligent behavior. Whether interpreting sensory inputs, allocating cognitive resources, or planning actions, the brain constantly makes decisions based on noisy inputs and competing objectives. Understanding decision making at both the psychological and neurobiological levels is an important problem in neuroscience, and has received increasing the...

Neuromodulation Section

Objective. Spinal cord and peripheral neurostimulation techniques have been practiced since 1967 for the relief of pain, and some techniques are also used for improvement in organ function. Neuromodulation has recognized complications, although very rarely do these cause long-term morbidity. The aim of this article is to present a review of complications observed in patients treated with neuros...

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