EJN Special Issue call for papers

Everyday activities, such as driving a car or preparing a meal, require both cognitive flexibility and the hierarchical organisation and processing of multiple individual actions. However, the neuronal mechanisms that underlie these complex processes are not well understood. Although the key players of multi-component behaviour have been identified in terms of the functional neuroanatomy, it remains unclear how different modulators affect the processing of multi-component behaviour in this network.

The aim of this Special Issue is to bring a multi-disciplinary perspective to current concepts of multi-component behaviour and how its flexible adaptation is implemented and modulated.

This Special Issue will accept submission of both original research papers and reviews. Contributions relating to human studies and studies in animal models are equally welcome. Modulators of interest may relate to (but are not limited to) the effects of alcohol and drugs, learning and plasticity, stress and emotion, and the effects of neurological and/or psychiatric diseases. Also of interest are the effects of inter-individual differences, such as the effects of specific genetic dispositions and personality traits. Techniques employed may include neurophysiology (EEG, ERP, neural oscillations, source localisation), functional and structural imaging, and behavioral pharmacology (lesion studies, electrophysiology and pharmacology).

Interested authors should submit their manuscripts through our ScholarOne Manuscripts site by 1 August 2016.

Other important dates are as follows:

Last date for final acceptance of manuscripts: 30 January 2017.

Expected publication date: March/April 2017

Any queries regarding the Special Issue should be directed to the EJN Editorial Office at editorial.office@ejneurosci.org.