Neuroscience

Neural Trajectories of Conceptually Related Events

1. Matthew Schafer
2. Philip Kamilar-Britt
3. Vyoma Sahani
4. Keren Bachi
5. Daniela Schiller

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  eLife Assessment

  This manuscript investigates the extremely interesting and important claim that the human hippocampus represents interactions with multiple social interaction partners on two relatively abstract social dimensions - and that this ability correlates with the social network size of the participant. This research potentially demonstrates the intricate role of the hippocampus in navigating our social world. While most of the results are solid, the paper requires some further clarification.

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Language comprehension functionally modulates first-order relay thalamic nuclei

1. Liu Mengxing
2. Shiya Wang
3. Carmen Vidaurre
4. Sara Guediche
5. Garikoitz Lerma-Usabiaga
6. Pedro M Paz-Alonso

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  eLife Assessment

  This study presents a potentially valuable exploration of the role of thalamic nuclei in language processing. The results will be of interest to researchers interested in the neurobiology of language. However, the evidence is incomplete to support robust conclusions at this point.

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Dynamics of sensorimotor plasticity during spatial finger augmentation

1. Dominika Radziun
2. Siebe Geurts
3. Valeria C Peviani
4. Luke E Miller

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  eLife Assessment

  This study provides a useful contribution to understanding how wearable augmentation devices interact with human proprioception, using a longitudinal design over a single session. Results demonstrate that the perceptual representation of the biological finger and augmentation device changes across different phases of device exposure and use. The evidence supporting a representational change over time is solid, although it is still not clear whether these changes reflect three distinct phases of sensorimotor plasticity, as argued, versus 'washout' or adaptation effects. This work will be of interest to researchers studying body representation, sensorimotor learning, and human-technology interaction.

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Temporal dynamics of peri-microsaccadic modulations within the foveola

1. Zoe Stearns
2. Martina Poletti

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  eLife Assessment

  Stearns and Poletti present a technically impressive study that aims to uncover a deeper understanding of microsaccade function: their role in perceptual modulation and the associated temporal dynamics. The question is useful, and advances prior work by adding temporal granularity. However, the strength of the evidence is currently incomplete. Additional analysis is needed to control for the effects of endogenous attention and to demonstrate changes in perceptual performance.

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Four new Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse models with clinically relevant exon deletions in the human DMD gene

1. Maaike van Putten
2. Margot Linssen
3. Christa Tanganyika-de Winter
4. Conny M. Brouwers
5. Jill W.C. Claassens
6. Nisha Verwey
7. Max Walsh
8. Tiberiu Loredan Stan
9. Annemieke Aartsma-Rus
10. Peter Hohenstein

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