Corticostriatal plasticity, neuronal ensembles, and regulation of drug-seeking behavior

Shared neural coding for social hierarchy and reward value in primate amygdala

Jérôme MUNUERA Former Fyssen 2010 Nature Neuroscience Shared neural coding for social hierarchy and reward value in primate amygdala Jérôme Munuera, Mattia Rigotti & C. Daniel Salzman Scientific abstract: The social brain hypothesis posits that dedicated neural systems process social information. In support of this, neurophysiological data have shown that some brain regions are specialized […]

Moving alike: movement and human–nonhuman relationships among the Runa (Ecuadorian Amazon)

Francesca MEZZENZANA, Former Fyssen 2015 Moving alike: movement and human–nonhuman relationships among the Runa (Ecuadorian Amazon) In this paper I suggest that an analysis of movement can offer a fresh perspective through which to look at human–nonhuman relationships in Amazonia and beyond. Focusing on some examples from my ethnographic work among the Runa of the […]