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Although transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) can enhance working memory (WM) performance by modulating cognitive resources, its effects remain inconsistent across existing studies. This research finds that the timing of tACS application relative to the task is a critical moderating v…
Music is the soul of poetry. For ancient Chinese poetry, the Ping-Ze (level and oblique tones) pattern is a typical expression of poetic musicality. This study selected five-character regulated verses (Wuyan Lüshi) as experimental materials, simultaneously manipulating the Ping-Ze patterns and seman…
Mothers, particularly human mothers, exhibit exceptional sensitivity to the unique acoustic features, emotional valence, and survival cues embedded in infant cries and laughter. This article evaluates various cognitive experimental paradigms developed using infant cry materials and investigates mate…
Through three experiments, this study explores the patterns of individual spatial reference frame representations in spatial collaborative tasks and the conditions that facilitate reference frame integration. In each experiment, participants first engaged in collaborative learning of a spatial scene…
While inserting spaces between words facilitates reading in Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) learners, it remains unclear whether this benefit is short-lived or enduring throughout the learning process. Using a longitudinal eye-tracking design, we tracked L1-English CSL learners across four stages…
Path integration refers to the spatial navigation ability of an individual to continuously integrate sensory cues to update their position during movement. Against the backdrop of an intensifying aging population, whether the behavioral performance and neural characteristics of path integration can …
In the AI era, traditional definitions of creativity can no longer accurately describe the value distinction between the intelligent activities of humans and AI. The "high-score" performance of AI in traditional creativity tasks has fueled the illusion that "AI possesses high creativity." In fact, t…
Binaural Beats (BB) represent a convenient, low-cost neuromodulation method applicable to daily life, possessing potential analgesic effects. This study utilized $\alpha$-band BB as a stimulus to compare its differences with Monaural Beats (MB) and white noise in terms of pain modulation and neural …
The locus coeruleus-norepinephrine system (LC-NE) is a crucial neuromodulatory system in the brain that plays a pivotal role in attention regulation. This article systematically reviews the mechanisms of LC-NE in attention, encompassing: 1) the firing patterns and activity dynamics of LC-NE during a…
Consciousness is considered the most challenging problem in the science of the mind, especially Chalmers' hard problem. From the standpoint of systems science philosophy, many consciousness theories overlook the structure-function correlation principle, thereby reducing their explanatory power regar…
Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) can process and integrate multimodal data information such as images and text, providing a powerful tool for understanding human psychology and cognitive behavior. Combining classic paradigms from emotion psychology, this study separates the different roles o…
Voluntary language switching refers to self-initiated language switching by bilinguals. Compared with cued language switching, voluntary language switching under conditions of high lexical accessibility and high linguistic freedom elicits significantly reduced switching costs, even approaching nulli…
Volition is the capacity for autonomous self-control, a core characteristic that distinguishes humans from animals and machines, and the cornerstone of physical and mental health and social order. Its external manifestation is voluntary action, whereas its internal representation is the sense of con…
Implicit emotion regulation is the process by which individuals change their emotions without conscious monitoring or explicit intention to regulate emotions. Compared with explicit emotion regulation, implicit emotion regulation relies less on the prefrontal executive control system. Building upon …
This study utilized the fixation-related potential technique to examine predictive processing in Chinese reading and the cognitive mechanisms underlying its influence on lexical recognition effects. Analyses of eye movement and electroencephalographic (EEG) data in the pre-target and target word reg…
Threat stimuli possess strong priority in attentional processing, yet whether they facilitate or interfere with the formation of learned distractor inhibition remains unclear. This study examined the influence of threat stimuli on the formation of location-probability-based learned distractor inhibi…
Humans often need to make predictions based on current situations to guide subsequent behavior. However, researchers currently debate vigorously regarding whether predictable or unpredictable items yield better memory performance. In this study (Experiment 1: item recognition; Experiment 2: associat…
The cognitive characteristics and neural mechanisms of multi-channel category learning are of critical importance for elucidating the principles of cross-modal knowledge representation. This study combines event-related potential (ERP) technology with the drift-diffusion model to systematically inve…
Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is an interaction technology that establishes a direct communication channel between the brain and external devices by collecting, decoding, and providing feedback on neural signals, opening up a brand-new path for understanding and expanding mental potential. This stu…
Presenting multiple face images of the same person can significantly improve participants' recognition performance for face identity. However, the cognitive mechanisms underlying the improvement in face recognition performance through multiple images remain unclear. This study includes two experimen…
Music training can enhance individuals' sensitivity to temporal and non-temporal structures, but the joint influence of these structures in working memory remains unclear. This study investigates how pitch and rhythmic structures are processed in auditory working memory and the role of music trainin…
Micro-expressions refer to brief facial actions that individuals unconsciously display when attempting to suppress genuine emotions. Owing to their non-invasive nature, they possess significant application value in domains such as national security and public security. To address challenges includin…
Alzheimer's disease exhibits extremely high incidence and mortality rates. As a clinical prodromal stage, investigating the formation and development mechanisms of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) contributes to the prevention of Alzheimer's disease onset. Existing research demonstrates tha…
Memory consolidation typically occurs slowly during periods of rest or sleep following memory encoding. However, under stressful conditions, memories may be rapidly consolidated. Given the long-standing lack of quantitative methods for neural activity during human memory consolidation, the mechanism…
The present study examined whether a high-level construal mindset promotes categorizing information according to thematic relations. In two experiments, the construal-level priming task was used to initiate a high-level versus low-level construal mindset, and then all participants were asked to comp…
Signal detection theory is widely employed to explain individuals' decision-making processes across various types of cognitive tasks. However, a significant limitation of classical signal detection theory is its difficulty in further elucidating the intrinsic psychological mechanisms that underlie t…
Metacognition is cognition about cognition that encompasses various aspects of cognition. In recent years, the integration of metacognition and facial cognition has begun to attract attention. The entry points for this integration include the applicability of metacognitive illusions (the Dunning-Kru…
When two or more items are encoded in an integrated manner, familiarity can also support associative recognition—a viewpoint that has garnered substantial empirical support. However, disagreements persist regarding how integration influences both associative recognition and the recognition of indivi…
The serial position effect in divergent thinking refers to the phenomenon where the number of ideas generated per unit time gradually decreases over time, while the originality of ideas progressively increases. Associative theory and the executive control hypothesis respectively focus on explaining …
The debate over whether verb metaphor processing is entirely based on perceptual-motor simulation or also involves the participation of abstract semantic processing systems, and how the two interact, has remained a subject of debate. This study investigated the processing mechanisms and integration …
The visual search ability of organisms is of vital survival significance for adapting to complex external environments. Attentional templates can enhance relevant information and suppress irrelevant information during search tasks, thereby rapidly locating targets. A summary of recent research findi…
The Attentional Boost Effect (ABE) refers to the phenomenon wherein, under dual-task conditions, memory performance for background information presented concurrently with target stimuli in a detection task is superior to that for background information presented with distractor stimuli. Previous res…
One of the main research paradigms in cognitive control is task switching. Previous studies have found that switch costs are modulated by the hierarchical nature of cognitive control, but few studies have explored the dynamic neural mechanisms underlying this modulation process. The present study in…
Although previous studies have found that numbers are spatially represented in the human memory system, how the human brain accomplishes this spatial representation of numbers remains controversial. This study conducted two experiments to investigate the characteristics and mechanisms of numerical s…
Embodied memory research primarily investigates the role of the body and its sensorimotor processes in memory. Manipulating or constraining the physical state, embodied characteristics, or availability of the body can affect the efficiency, valence, and content of memory. The underlying mechanisms c…
This study employed the "Number-Letter Switching Task" to differentiate individuals with high versus low cognitive flexibility, constructed two probabilistic category learning tasks with identical probabilistic pairing patterns but different surface forms, and utilized ERP technology to investigate …
The traditional computer metaphor has employed evoked brain activity as the primary means to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying mental processing. Extensive research has revealed that evoked brain activity does not constitute the principal component of brain activity; rather, it interacts …
Response inhibition refers to the ability to suppress inappropriate or currently unnecessary behaviors. Studies have demonstrated that response inhibition is primarily associated with the functional integrity of the inferior frontal gyrus, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and pre-supplementary motor …
With advancing age, most older adults experience decline in episodic memory, yet some exhibit successful aging of episodic memory, characterized by relatively good memory performance or minimal age-related decline. The brain maintenance theory, neural dedifferentiation theory, cognitive reserve theo…
Using pitch identification and discrimination tasks, with native speakers of Chinese, Vietnamese, and Russian as participants, this study investigated two language processing-level factors, namely tonal categorical perception patterns and differences in complexity across tonal systems of different l…
In recent years, researchers have begun to apply transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) technology in the field of psychiatric disorders, among which γ and α frequencies have attracted the most attention. The potential mechanisms of tACS action in psychiatric disorders include two aspec…
People often associate specific colors with flavors to form color-flavor associations, and color cues can influence flavor perception, which reflects the cross-modal influence of visual information on gustatory information processing. The present study investigated whether gustatory information can …
Tactile 2D images constitute an important modality for visually impaired individuals to access graphical information. At present, most tactile 2D images are directly converted from visual 2D images into tangible line drawings. In visual 2D images, visual principles such as perspective and viewpoint …
How negative emotions influence conflict adaptation has long been a topic of extensive concern among researchers in the field. Depending on the source of negative emotions (externally manipulated versus intrinsically inherent to conflict), discussions on this issue can be approached from the perspec…
Boundaries refer to obstacles that occupy a large proportion of the visual field and possess three-dimensional extended planes, which play a crucial facilitative role in spatial navigation behaviors of humans and animals. Cognitive developmental research has found that in early childhood (1.5–2 year…
Perceptual-motor simulation in concrete concept processing is a core processing mechanism of concept representation. This study systematically investigated the influence of linguistic factors (language type: first language and second language) and contextual factors (perceptual context: spatial perc…
Numerous studies have shown that power is represented in the brain along vertical space, specifically through verbal and visual-spatial encoding. Previous research has found that these two encodings are context-dependent, meaning that the current task determines which encoding is activated. General …
People sometimes engage in immoral behaviors, which may threaten their positive moral self-concept. To cope with such moral self-threat, individuals exhibit moral memory bias, characterized by impaired recall of immoral events or information that threaten the moral self. In recent years, researchers…
Facial attractiveness plays a significant role in critical social decisions (e.g., mate selection, job seeking, social exchange). Previous research on facial attractiveness has primarily focused on explaining the influence of various static facial features from an evolutionary perspective, with less…
Speech comprehension is the psychological process by which a listener receives external speech input and acquires meaning. In daily communication, auditory speech comprehension is influenced by multi-scale rhythmic information, commonly including three aspects of external rhythms: prosodic structure…
