Every day, our brains shift between different modes of reasoning when interacting with the physical world. We act alone, learn from tutorials or experts, or delegate tasks. Our new NeuroImage study reveals how the brain dynamically switches between them.

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🔬How is the human brain able to generate, utilise, and adapt to technology?

🧠 Here, we propose that a strict interplay of causal reasoning, semantic cognition, visuospatial skills,
sensorimotor knowledge, and social learning can shape our technological cognition.

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👀🛠️ How do we look at tools? Familiarity reshapes visual attention: we search for meaning first, action later—unless prior knowledge shortcuts the process.

🥼 A new preprint from @luigivalio.bsky.social & @neurogiovanni.bsky.social

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One way to pass on our own causal understanding about how a physical system works is to provide a verbal explanation about it. Read in American Journal of Psychology Vol. 137, Iss. 3. @neurogiovanni.bsky.social @blubludoesscience.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ajp/arti...

Hi Bluesky! 🦋 This is the CogSci Lab.

We are a laboratory of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience studying neural mechanisms and behavioral patterns using Eye-Tracking, EEG, fMRI. Based in Naples, the world’s most astonishing city 🌋☀️

For more information: www.cogsci.it

Visual stimuli near eye movements can appear closer in time or even reversed—a known effect also seen with visual masks. Our findings show that visual masks not covering the stimuli can also trigger this temporal inversion, suggesting that mask onset time anchors perceptual organization.

We discovered and published in NeuroImage two distinct neural pathways for mechanical and digital technology, highlighting the different ways our brain processes tools and devices we use every day.

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