Institution
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Recent research
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Abstract Prosocial risk-taking, helping others at uncertain personal costs, has been proposed to emerge from the intersection of prosociality and risk-taking, suggesting that prosocial risk-taking is most likely to occur when adolescents are both motivated to help others and will...
- BiologyOpen access
Model-based estimation of the population contrast response function in human visual cortex
Contrast determines how strong visual stimuli drive neural responses and, in turn, how well we can see. This contrast-response relationship is nonlinear, with gain control mechanisms acting to compress responses to high-contrast stimuli, effectively setting the contrast range tha...
- BiologyOpen access
On variability in local field potentials
Abstract Neuronal coding and decoding would be compromised if neuronal responses were highly variable. Intriguingly, neuronal spike counts (SCs) show a reduction in across-trial variance (ATV) in response to sensory stimulation, when SC variance is normalized by SC mean, that is,...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Purpose In this study we focused on gaining better interpretation of the PROMIS-Upper-Extremity v2.0 (PROMIS-UE v2.0) T-score scale for measuring upper extremity function in patients with upper extremity injuries (UEIs). This is fundamental in order to clearly understand...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Brainstem arousal systems including the locus coeruleus noradrenaline system, respond transiently to behaviorally relevant events. This also drives dilations of the pupil, which are often observed during cognitive tasks. The strength of pupil responses during encoding of...
- BiologyOpen access
Herbivory‐Induced Stomatal Opening Triggers the Dispersal of an Invasive Insect Herbivore
Stomata play important roles in plant responses to phytopathogens, but less is known about their roles in plant-herbivore interactions. Herbivore damage commonly closes stomata but also elicits the release of herbivory-induced plant volatiles, important mediators of plant-herbivo...