Year in Cognitive Neuroscience 2011, Volume 1224

Michael B. Miller studied economics at the American University of Paris and the University of Oxford before starting a career in finance. He is currently the CEO of Northstar Risk Corp. Before that, he was the Chief Risk Officer of Tremblant Capital Group, and prior to that, Head of Quantitative Risk Management at Fortress Investment Group. Mr. Miller is also a certified FRM and an adjunct professor at Rutgers Business School. Alan Kingstone is a Distinguished University Professor and Killam Scholar at the University of British Columbia, as well as Senior Scholar at the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research in Vancouver.

• Interview with Michael Gazzaniga Decoding and predicting intentions / John-Dylan HaynesBayesian models : the structure of the world, uncertainty, behavior, and the brain / Iris Vilares and Konrad KordingCognitive control and right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex : reflexive reorienting, motor inhibition, and action updating / Benjamin J. Levy and Anthony D. WagnerThe neurobiological basis of seeing words / Brian A. WandellPerception, action, and word meanings in the human brain : the case from action verbs / Marina Bedny and Alfonso CaramazzaPerception of auditory signals / Gregg H. RecanzoneThe human connectome : a complex network / Olaf SpornsConcepts and principles in the analysis of brain networks / Gagan S. Wig, Bradley L. Schlaggar, and Steven E. PetersenHuman category learning 2.0 / F. Gregory Ashby and W. Todd MaddoxSocial neuroscience : challenges and opportunities in the study of complex behavior / John T. Cacioppo and Jean DecetyThe porous boundaries between explicit and implicit memory : behavioral and neural evidence / Ilana T.Z. Dew and Roberto CabezaWhat is an animal emotion? / Frans B.M. de Waal