It is well known that the conjunction et can have various interpretations in natural language such as logical, temporal or causal ones. Assuming a structural uniformity among these different interpretations, semantic and pragmatic theories explain these interpretative differences by the general pragmatic principles of communication (Grice 1975, 1989, Posner 1980, Schmerling 1975, Carston 1993, ...

The relationship between metacognition and executive control is explored. According to an analysis by Fernandez-Duque, Baird, and Posner (this issue), metacognitive regulation involves attention, conflict resolution, error correction, inhibitory control, and emotional regulation. These aspects of metacognition are presumed to be mediated by a neural circuit involving midfrontal brain regions. A...

etazolamide. After resolution of the corneal edema, the patient’s vision improved to 20/20. During the next year our patient experienced recurrent episodes of elevated intraocular pressure and was diagnosed as having Posner-Schlossman syndrome. There was no further visual field loss associated with her subsequent attacks of elevated pressures and no evidence of recurrence of NAION. Her visual f...

research assistance, and to John Broome, Howard Chang, Robert Hahn, James Hammitt, Eric Posner, Chris Sanchirico, Amy Sinden, Cass Sunstein, and Reed Shuldiner for very helpful comments and conversations. This Article was written prior to the publication of JOHN BROOME, WEIGHING LIVES (2004), a rich and systematic philosophical treatment of the problem of measuring well-being and the impact of ...

Top-down attention mechanisms require the selection of specific objects or locations; however, brain mechanism involved when is allocated across different modalities not well understood. The aim this study was to use functional magnetic resonance imaging define neural underlying divided and selective spatial attention. A concurrent audiovisual stimulus used, subjects were prompted focus on a vi...

Jon Driver trained in Experimental Psychology at Oxford in the 1980s. He then spent a formative period in the USA at Oregon (with Mike Posner among others) and in the Bay Area, before returning to the UK for a faculty post at Cambridge. He moved to London in 1997, where he has been Director of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience since 2004. He works on multisensory perception, selective...