Tyson Aflalo

Neural representations of economic decision variables in human posterior parietal cortex

This study investigates how single neurons in the human posterior parietal cortex represent numeric values and decision variables during a complex economic game.

Preserved motor representations after paralysis

The paper shows that motor representations remain stable after paralysis, enabling brain-computer interfaces to restore motor functions using preserved neural patterns.

Cognition through internal models: Mirror neurons as one manifestation of a broader mechanism

The paper investigates how neural responses to observed and felt sensations are mediated by shared compositional building blocks rather than mirror neurons.

NEURAL ENCODING OF FELT AND IMAGINED TOUCH WITHIN HUMAN POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX

This study shows that neurons in the human posterior parietal cortex encode both felt and imagined touch, suggesting a role in semantic processing and sensory anticipation.

A shared neural substrate for action verbs and observed actions in human posterior parietal cortex.

The paper shows that action verbs and observed actions share a neural substrate in human posterior parietal cortex, with invariant and idiosyncratic responses across views.

Neural correlates of cognitive motor signals in primary somatosensory cortex.

The paper shows that single units in human primary somatosensory cortex encode imagined reaches related to limb positions during a cognitive motor task.