Experience does not equal expertise in recognizing infrequent incoming gunfire: neural markers for experience and task expertise at peak behavioral performance.

For a soldier, decisions to use force can happen rapidly and sometimes lead to undesired consequences.In many of these situations, there is a rapid assessment by the shooter that recognizes a threat and responds to it with return fire.But the neural processes underlying these rapid decisions are largely unknown, especially amongst those with extens

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Representation of motion concepts in occipitotemporal cortex: fMRI activation, decoding and connectivity analyses

Embodied theories of semantic cognition predict that brain regions involved in motion perception are engaged when people comprehend motion concepts expressed in language.Left lateral occipitotemporal cortex (LOTC) is implicated in both motion perception and motion concept processing but prior studies have produced mixed findings on which parts of t

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Curvilinear, symmetrical, and profound pigment deposition on the posterior lens capsule in a patient with bilateral pigmentary dispersion syndrome

Julia Canestraro,1 Jerome Sherman2 1SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY, USA; Lab Equipment 2Department of Clinical Education, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY, USA Introduction: The classic presentation of pigmentary dispersion syndrome (PDS) often consists of midperipheral iris transillumination defects, Krukenberg’s spindle, and

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