Interactive Training for Synthetic Characters
... Yet, through this training, we would like to be able to shape characters, and personalize them as our friends and companions. Even if they are learning, they should have their own drives and affects, and show these states through their actions and emotional expressions. This raises the issue of how ...
... Yet, through this training, we would like to be able to shape characters, and personalize them as our friends and companions. Even if they are learning, they should have their own drives and affects, and show these states through their actions and emotional expressions. This raises the issue of how ...
A Behavioural Approach to Language Assessment and
... An often missed element of Skinnerian psychology is that motivational control is an antecedent variable that is different from stimulus control and reinforcement (Skinner, 1938, 1953, 1957) In Behavior of Organisms (Skinner, 1938) Skinner devoted two full chapters to motivation; Chapter 9 titled “Dr ...
... An often missed element of Skinnerian psychology is that motivational control is an antecedent variable that is different from stimulus control and reinforcement (Skinner, 1938, 1953, 1957) In Behavior of Organisms (Skinner, 1938) Skinner devoted two full chapters to motivation; Chapter 9 titled “Dr ...
Neuron
... 2001) and lateral intraparietal areas in macaques (Andersen et al., 1997; Colby and Goldberg, 1999), but functional correspondences among them also remain elusive. These diversities emphasize the importance of direct comparison of the functional architecture of the frontal and parietal eye fields be ...
... 2001) and lateral intraparietal areas in macaques (Andersen et al., 1997; Colby and Goldberg, 1999), but functional correspondences among them also remain elusive. These diversities emphasize the importance of direct comparison of the functional architecture of the frontal and parietal eye fields be ...
Controlling the Elements: An Optogenetic Approach to
... here). This approach has not been demonstrated for PV interneurons, however, and can be nonoptimal for targeting specific cell populations. This is because most viruses have limited packaging capacity, making it necessary to use truncated versions of tissue specific promoters, which can reduce cell- ...
... here). This approach has not been demonstrated for PV interneurons, however, and can be nonoptimal for targeting specific cell populations. This is because most viruses have limited packaging capacity, making it necessary to use truncated versions of tissue specific promoters, which can reduce cell- ...
Activity Overview Continued - The University of Texas Health
... from the body and to take appropriate motor action. Planned movements are controlled by the motor area. Our motor area sends signals down nerves to our muscles to tell them to move. Delicate movements need more brain power than big ones, so our lips and hands have larger areas of the homunculus cont ...
... from the body and to take appropriate motor action. Planned movements are controlled by the motor area. Our motor area sends signals down nerves to our muscles to tell them to move. Delicate movements need more brain power than big ones, so our lips and hands have larger areas of the homunculus cont ...
Fixing Functionalism
... One important heuristic that is often overlooked in purely philosophical treatments of functionalism is theoretical parsimony (but see Chalmers, 1996a). It is usually not sufficient that an account be coherent and consistent with intuitions, it must do so by minimizing complexity and maximizing eleg ...
... One important heuristic that is often overlooked in purely philosophical treatments of functionalism is theoretical parsimony (but see Chalmers, 1996a). It is usually not sufficient that an account be coherent and consistent with intuitions, it must do so by minimizing complexity and maximizing eleg ...
Paper
... marketing strategies need to encourage an increase in desirable behaviors while also making sure that there is an encouragement to decrease undesirable behaviors. Using social norms and incentives have both been successful in fostering sustainable behaviors, but the question remains whether these ty ...
... marketing strategies need to encourage an increase in desirable behaviors while also making sure that there is an encouragement to decrease undesirable behaviors. Using social norms and incentives have both been successful in fostering sustainable behaviors, but the question remains whether these ty ...
- Princeton University
... abolishes or alters several forms of neural dynamics, such as persistent activity (Major and Tank, 2004). Currently, the chief impediment for TPM in awake, behaving mice is the relative motion between the brain and microscope that is typically associated with animal movements. There are two general ...
... abolishes or alters several forms of neural dynamics, such as persistent activity (Major and Tank, 2004). Currently, the chief impediment for TPM in awake, behaving mice is the relative motion between the brain and microscope that is typically associated with animal movements. There are two general ...
NT Notes
... This powerpoint will help you with your WS and with the computer based activity. You do not need to memorize this info, just understand it as we discuss it. Later: you will have a reference sheet to look at while you do your WS. This is a class set so please do not take them with you. It is also ava ...
... This powerpoint will help you with your WS and with the computer based activity. You do not need to memorize this info, just understand it as we discuss it. Later: you will have a reference sheet to look at while you do your WS. This is a class set so please do not take them with you. It is also ava ...
Neural plate - Bakersfield College
... Synaptogenesis Myelination – sensory areas and then motor areas. Myelination of prefrontal cortex continues into adolescence Increased dendritic branches ...
... Synaptogenesis Myelination – sensory areas and then motor areas. Myelination of prefrontal cortex continues into adolescence Increased dendritic branches ...
An Overview of Nervous Systems 1. Compare the two coordinating
... 22. Describe the structures of a chemical synapse and explain how they transmit an action potential from one cell to another. 23. Explain why an action potential can be transmitted in only a single direction over a neural pathway. 24. Explain how excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP) and inhibit ...
... 22. Describe the structures of a chemical synapse and explain how they transmit an action potential from one cell to another. 23. Explain why an action potential can be transmitted in only a single direction over a neural pathway. 24. Explain how excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP) and inhibit ...
Chapter 48 Objective Questions
... 14. Define a graded potential and explain how it is different from a resting potential or an action potential. 15. Describe the characteristics of an action potential. Explain the role of voltage-gated ion channels in this process. 16. Describe the two main factors that underlie the repolarizing pha ...
... 14. Define a graded potential and explain how it is different from a resting potential or an action potential. 15. Describe the characteristics of an action potential. Explain the role of voltage-gated ion channels in this process. 16. Describe the two main factors that underlie the repolarizing pha ...
Linear association between social anxiety
... potential amplitudes (which could reflect emotion processing in temporo-frontal regions including amygdala) acquired at age 8–9 among shy children predicted the number of SAD symptoms regarding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th Edition (DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Associ ...
... potential amplitudes (which could reflect emotion processing in temporo-frontal regions including amygdala) acquired at age 8–9 among shy children predicted the number of SAD symptoms regarding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th Edition (DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Associ ...
Linking Neural Activity to Visual Perception: Separating Sensory and
... probability that an ideal observer could tell which direction had been presented to the subject, based on the distribution of MT spike counts. This was computed separately for each level of coherent motion strength and compared directly against the subject’s performance. It was found that the averag ...
... probability that an ideal observer could tell which direction had been presented to the subject, based on the distribution of MT spike counts. This was computed separately for each level of coherent motion strength and compared directly against the subject’s performance. It was found that the averag ...
An Integrate-and-fire Model of Prefrontal Cortex Neuronal Activity during Performance of Goal-directed
... tation of reward. This task involves the differential generation of Go versus NoGo responses to randomly presented visual cues. Recordings demonstrated that some neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex do indeed fire selectively for the transition from one specific state to another. Schultz et al. (2000) ...
... tation of reward. This task involves the differential generation of Go versus NoGo responses to randomly presented visual cues. Recordings demonstrated that some neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex do indeed fire selectively for the transition from one specific state to another. Schultz et al. (2000) ...
The Third Generation of Neural Networks
... Right now neural networks are rising from the ashes for the third time since their introduction in the 1940s. There are many design decisions that a neural network practitioner must make. Because of their long history, there is a diverse amount of information about the architecture of neural network ...
... Right now neural networks are rising from the ashes for the third time since their introduction in the 1940s. There are many design decisions that a neural network practitioner must make. Because of their long history, there is a diverse amount of information about the architecture of neural network ...
CV - The Solomon H Snyder Department of Neuroscience
... termed Fluorescence-guided SSR (FgSSR), for use in targeting any olfactory receptor neuron. In this manner, a systematic approach can now be used to screen specific sensilla, or to target all sensilla. We provide the necessary information and reagents to allow easy adoption of this technique by othe ...
... termed Fluorescence-guided SSR (FgSSR), for use in targeting any olfactory receptor neuron. In this manner, a systematic approach can now be used to screen specific sensilla, or to target all sensilla. We provide the necessary information and reagents to allow easy adoption of this technique by othe ...
The Brain of the Planarian as the Ancestor of the Human Brain
... decussating interneurons of amphioxus (cells of Rhode) subserve the defensive coiling reflex away from a threatened side. The theory may now be extended even earlier in phylogeny to originate with the planarian brain. Not only are decussating interneurons demonstrated anatomically in the planarian, ...
... decussating interneurons of amphioxus (cells of Rhode) subserve the defensive coiling reflex away from a threatened side. The theory may now be extended even earlier in phylogeny to originate with the planarian brain. Not only are decussating interneurons demonstrated anatomically in the planarian, ...
Day 3 - EE Sharif
... These latter ‘higher-order’ properties are inferred on the basis of (i.e., are the results of transformations of) representations For the time being we focus our attention on characterizing more basic physical properties, where we believe successes can be more convincingly demonstrated ...
... These latter ‘higher-order’ properties are inferred on the basis of (i.e., are the results of transformations of) representations For the time being we focus our attention on characterizing more basic physical properties, where we believe successes can be more convincingly demonstrated ...
Evolution of Specialized Pyramidal Neurons in
... 1993, 1997; Zeki, 1993]. Every attempt was made to sample tissue consistently from only the right hemisphere. In the available materials, however, this could only be ensured for the anthropoids in the sample. Nonetheless, in light of evidence that neuronal sizes in area 4 [Hayes and Lewis, 1995] and ...
... 1993, 1997; Zeki, 1993]. Every attempt was made to sample tissue consistently from only the right hemisphere. In the available materials, however, this could only be ensured for the anthropoids in the sample. Nonetheless, in light of evidence that neuronal sizes in area 4 [Hayes and Lewis, 1995] and ...