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Collaborative Research: CRCNS Research Proposal: Uncovering the mechanisms and meaning of — NSF Award to Research Foundation For M

Categorization is a fundamental, but complex, cognitive ability. Depending on the context, the same feature could place an object or event in different categories. For example, categorizing animals as “big” vs. “small” varies when a house cat is considered “big” when compared to an ant and an elephant is considered “sm

Award titleCollaborative Research: CRCNS Research Proposal: Uncovering the mechanisms and meaning of
Award ID2424100
AwardeeResearch Foundation For Mental Hygiene Inc
CityNEW YORK
StateNY
Amount obligated$1,241,250
Principal investigatorSaskia Haegens
ProgramCRCNS-Computation Neuroscience
Start date03/01/2025
AbstractCategorization is a fundamental, but complex, cognitive ability. Depending on the context, the same feature could place an object or event in different categories. For example, categorizing animals as “big” vs. “small” varies when a house cat is considered “big” when compared to an ant and an elephant is considered “small” compared to whale. How brains handle these categorization decisions flexibly and adaptively remains elusive. This project investigates the role of brain waves in the prefronta
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