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Scientific ReportsEvery day we combine and switch between body-centered (egocentric) and object-centered (allocentric) spatial representations. Several studies so far have reported a greater difficulty to switch from an allocentric reference frame to an egocentric one ...
Renato Orti +4 more
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The futuristic manifolds of REM sleep
Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2025.Summary Since one of its first descriptions 70 years ago, rapid eye movement sleep has continually inspired and excited new generations of sleep researchers. Despite significant advancements in understanding its neurocircuitry, underlying mechanisms and microstates, many questions regarding its function, especially beyond the early neurodevelopment ...
Liborio Parrino, Ivana Rosenzweig
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Frontiers in Aging NeuroscienceAging-related declines in spatial navigation pose significant challenges for older adults’ independence and quality of life. Among navigational deficits, older adults have been shown to demonstrate deficits in utilizing allocentric (i.e., world-centered)
Yasmine Bassil +8 more
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Children and Adults Prefer the Egocentric Representation to the Allocentric Representation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 We studied the strategy preference of using the egocentric or the allocentric representation in individuals who have acquired the ability to use both representations.
Qingfen Hu +3 more
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Olfactory structure and olfactory content
Mind &Language, EarlyView.The philosophical literature on olfaction is characterized by diverging opinions on the spatiality of olfactory experiences. Some authors believe that olfactory experiences merely present entities as being “here”, but others postulate that such experiences present a rich array of spatial relations.
Błażej Skrzypulec
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Allocentric visual cues influence mental transformation of bodies [PDF]
, 2013 Identifying a human body stimulus involves mentally rotating an embodied spatial representation of one's body (motoric embodiment) and projecting it onto the stimulus (spatial embodiment).
Preuss, Nora +2 more
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Charting New Paths in the Study of Kin Term Acquisition
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Kin terms appear among infants’ earliest words, yet a full mastery of kin concepts typically emerges only in late childhood. This prolonged developmental trajectory reflects not only children's acquisition of an abstract relational system of words, but also their growing understanding of social relationships and interactional norms.
Marisa Casillas +2 more
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Allocentric effort decision making : a neuroeconomic investigation
, 2018 Decisions often require tradeoffs between costs and benefits, such as effort and reward. Prior findings show that decision makers discount the subjective value of a rewarding option as the effort required to obtain it increases.
Fitzgerald, Sean
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Zen and the Brain: Mutually Illuminating Topics
Frontiers in Psychology, 2013 Zen Buddhist meditative practices emphasize the long-term, mindful training of attention and awareness during one’s ordinary daily-life activities, the shedding of egocentric behaviors, and the skillful application of one’s innate compassionate resources
James H Austin
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Human Brain Mapping, Volume 47, Issue 14, October 1, 2026.The figure illustrates distinct neural substrates for egocentric body reference after right‐hemisphere stroke. SSA distortions are linked to right fronto‐parietal lesions and posterior corpus callosum disconnections, whereas LBA distortions involve temporo‐occipital damage and inferior longitudinal fasciculus disconnections, emphasising a functional ...
Solène Painchaud +5 more
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