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neuroscience, neuroanatomy, habit acquisition, neuroimaging, decision-making, basal ganglia, philosophy of action
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Employment (7)

Universidad de Navarra: Pamplona, Navarra, ES

2011 to present | Research fellow (Mind-Brain Group (Institute for Culture and Society))
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Javier Bernacer

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2009 to 2011 | Research Fellow (Brain Mapping Unit)
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Javier Bernacer

Mount Sinai Hospital: New York, NY, US

2008 to 2009 | Research fellow (PET-Neuroscience Laboratory)
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Javier Bernacer

Clinica Universitaria de Navarra: Pamplona, Navarra, ES

2006 to 2008 | Researcher (Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology)
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Javier Bernacer

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2003 to 2006 | Ph D student (Anatomy, histology and neuroscience)
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Javier Bernacer

University of Rochester: Rochester, NY, US

2005-01-01 to 2005-06-30 | Ph D visiting student (Pharmacology and Physiology)
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Javier Bernacer

Universidad de Navarra: Pamplona, Navarra, ES

2001 to 2003 | Ph D Student (Anatomy)
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Education and qualifications (4)

Universidad de Navarra: Pamplona, Navarra, ES

2014-09-01 to 2015-08-31 | Master in Philosophy
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Javier Bernacer

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid: Madrid, ES

2001 to 2006 | Ph D (Anatomy, Histology and Neuroscience)
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Javier Bernacer

Universidad de Navarra: Pamplona, Navarra, ES

2001 to 2003 | BSc Biochemistry
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Javier Bernacer

Universidad de Navarra: Pamplona, Navarra, ES

1997 to 2001 | BSc Biology
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Works (37)

Why AI will never be able to acquire human-level intelligence

Nature
2025-01-23 | Journal article
Contributors: José M. Muñoz; Javier Bernacer; Alva Noë; Evan Thompson
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Neurorights Training of a Multidisciplinary Studentship Based on Realistic Neuroscience

AJOB Neuroscience
2025-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: José M. Muñoz; Javier Bernacer
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A Conceptual Framework to Safeguard the Neuroright to Personal Autonomy

Neuroethics
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: José M. Muñoz; Javier Bernácer; Francisco Güell
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Zooming Out from the Brain to Foster Translational Neuroethics

AJOB Neuroscience
2023-10-02 | Journal article
Contributors: José M. Muñoz; Javier Bernácer
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Hubs of belief networks across sociodemographic and ideological groups

Social Network Analysis and Mining
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: E. Camina; F. Guell; J. Sepulcre; J. Bernacer
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Polarization of beliefs as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Spain

PLOS ONE
2021-07-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Javier Bernacer; Ellen L. Idler; Javier García-Manglano; Eduardo Camina; Francisco Güell
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Belief operationalization for empirical research in psychological sciences

Foundations of Science
2021-06-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Eduardo Camina; Javier Bernacer; Francisco Guell
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Four Pillars of the Montessori Method and Their Support by Current Neuroscience

Mind, Brain, and Education
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: L'Ecuyer Catherine; Bernacer Javier; Güell Francisco
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An amygdala-cingulate network underpins changes in effort-based decision making after a fitness program

NeuroImage
2019-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1053-8119
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Javier Bernacer

Frustration Tolerance and Personality Traits in Patients With Substance Use Disorders

Frontiers in Psychiatry
2019-06-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-0640
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Javier Bernacer

Neural correlates of effort-based behavioral inconsistency

Cortex
2019-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Javier Bernacer; Ivan Martinez-Valbuena; Martin Martinez; Nuria Pujol; Elkin Luis; David Ramirez-Castillo; Maria A. Pastor
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An integrative understanding of habit to explore its neural correlates

Journal of Consciousness Studies
2018-09-01 | Journal article
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Javier Bernacer

Dialogues Between Philosophy and Psychiatry: The Case of Dissociative Identity Disorder

Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update - Vol. II
2017 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9783319531250
Contributors: Francisco Güell; Gonzalo Arrondo; Pilar de Castro-Manglano; Javier Bernacer; Jose Ignacio Murillo
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Emotional granularity and the musical enjoyment of sadness itself

Behavioral and Brain Sciences
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0140-525X
Contributors: Nathaniel F. Barrett; Jay Schulkin; Javier Bernacer
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Neuronal density and proportion of interneurons in the associative, sensorimotor and limbic human striatum

Brain Structure and Function
2017-11-28 | Journal article
Contributors: A. Lecumberri; A. Lopez-Janeiro; C. Corral-Domenge; Javier Bernacer
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Habits and the integration of conscious and non-conscious human actions

2017-04-01 | Book chapter
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Javier Bernacer

Adolescent emotional maturation through divergent models of brain organization

Frontiers in Psychology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84989284371

Contributors: Oron Semper, J.V.; Murillo, J.I.; Bernacer, J.
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Javier Bernacer via Scopus - Elsevier

Brain correlates of the intrinsic subjective cost of effort in sedentary volunteers

Progress in Brain Research
2016 | Book
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2-s2.0-84977622055

Contributors: Bernacer, J.; Martinez-Valbuena, I.; Martinez, M.; Pujol, N.; Luis, E.; Ramirez-Castillo, D.; Pastor, M.A.
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Javier Bernacer via Scopus - Elsevier

Neurobiology and free will: a dialogue between Mariano Artigas and John Eccles

Scientia et Fides
2016 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2353-5636
Contributors: Javier Bernácer
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Visualisation of digital 3D models in anatomical teaching: Main resources and a teaching experience in neuroanatomy

Educacion Medica
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84996618796

Contributors: Arrondo, G.; Bernacer, J.; Díaz Robredo, L.
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Javier Bernacer via Scopus - Elsevier

Self-Deception in Terminal Patients: Belief System at Stake

Frontiers in Psychology
2016-02-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-1078
Contributors: Luis E. Echarte; Javier Bernacer; Denis Larrivee; J. V. Oron; Miguel Grijalba-Uche
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Anatomical constitution of sense organs as a marker of mental disorders

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84939543135

Contributors: Güell, F.; Bernácer, J.
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Javier Bernacer via Scopus - Elsevier

Editorial: Habits: Plasticity, learning and freedom

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84940972269

Contributors: Bernacer, J.; Lombo, J.A.; Murillo, J.I.
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Habits: plasticity, learning and freedom

Frontiers Research Topics
2015 | Book
Part of ISBN: 9782889196739
Part of ISSN: 1664-8714
Contributors: Javier Bernacer; Jose Angel Lombo; Jose Ignacio Murillo
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Behavioral duality in an integrated agent.

2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Martinez-Valbuena I; Bernacer J
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Javier Bernacer via Europe PubMed Central
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The Aristotelian conception of habit and its contribution to human neuroscience.

2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Bernacer J; Murillo JI
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Javier Bernacer via Europe PubMed Central
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The problem of consciousness in habitual decision making

Behavioral and Brain Sciences
2014-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0140-525X
Contributors: Javier Bernacer; Gloria Balderas; Ivan Martinez-Valbuena; Maria A. Pastor; Jose Ignacio Murillo
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On habit learning in neuroscience and free will

Springer, NY
2013 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-1-4614-5211-9
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Javier Bernacer
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Methamphetamine-induced disruption of frontostriatal reward learning signals: relation to psychotic symptoms.

2013-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Bernacer J; Corlett PR; Ramachandra P; McFarlane B; Turner DC; Clark L; Robbins TW; Fletcher PC; Murray GK
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Javier Bernacer via Europe PubMed Central
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"An incomplete theory of the mind".

2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Bernacer J; Murillo JI
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Javier Bernacer via Europe PubMed Central
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Distribution of GABAergic interneurons and dopaminergic cells in the functional territories of the human striatum.

2012 | Journal article
Contributors: Bernácer J; Prensa L; Giménez-Amaya JM
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Javier Bernacer via Europe PubMed Central
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Correlations between ventricular enlargement and gray and white matter volumes of cortex, thalamus, striatum, and internal capsule in schizophrenia.

2011-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Horga G; Bernacer J; Dusi N; Entis J; Chu K; Hazlett EA; Haznedar MM; Kemether E; Byne W; Buchsbaum MS
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Javier Bernacer via Europe PubMed Central
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The nigrostriatal pathway: Axonal collateralization and compartmental specificity

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplementa
2009 | Book
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2-s2.0-77952311599

Contributors: Prensa, L.; Giménez-Amaya, J.M.; Parent, A.; Bernácer, J.; Cebrián, C.
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Javier Bernacer via Scopus - Elsevier

Chemical architecture of the posterior striatum in the human brain

Journal of Neural Transmission
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-37749033588

Contributors: Bernácer, J.; Prensa, L.; Giménez-Amaya, J.M.
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Cholinergic interneurons are differentially distributed in the human striatum.

2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Bernácer J; Prensa L; Giménez-Amaya JM
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Javier Bernacer via Europe PubMed Central
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Morphological heterogeneity of the human posterior striatum | Heterogeneidad morfológica de la porción posterior del estriado humano

Anales de la Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-49149124717

Contributors: Bernácer, J.; Prensa, L.; Giménez-Amaya, J.M.
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Javier Bernacer via Scopus - Elsevier

Morphological features, distribution and compartmental organization of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate reduced-diaphorase interneurons in the human striatum.

2005-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Bernácer J; Prensa L; Giménez-Amaya JM
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Javier Bernacer via Europe PubMed Central
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Anatomy and embryology. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)