10-5 Infant Biosocial Development
... Germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods Teratogens: critical period, threshold, interaction Birth process ...
... Germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods Teratogens: critical period, threshold, interaction Birth process ...
Sentences comprehension and action: Modulation in function of the
... to understand whether reading sentences related to actions to be performed with different effectors (mouth and foot) activates the same neural systems activated during the effective execution of these actions. Though behavioural in nature, our study has relevant implications for physiological and ne ...
... to understand whether reading sentences related to actions to be performed with different effectors (mouth and foot) activates the same neural systems activated during the effective execution of these actions. Though behavioural in nature, our study has relevant implications for physiological and ne ...
Sensory and Motor Systems
... Hairlike receptors to detect frequency Temporal lobe Heschl’s gyrus Frequency bands Not quite as rigid as the visual system but some bands are more sensitive to certain frequencies ...
... Hairlike receptors to detect frequency Temporal lobe Heschl’s gyrus Frequency bands Not quite as rigid as the visual system but some bands are more sensitive to certain frequencies ...
Language within our grasp:
... • Mirror neurons were discovered in single-cell recording in area F5: ventral [= lower] premotor cortex • They discharge during active movements of the hand and/or mouth • They are sensitive to different purposes – Some discharge during grasping; some during (specific kinds of) holding; some during ...
... • Mirror neurons were discovered in single-cell recording in area F5: ventral [= lower] premotor cortex • They discharge during active movements of the hand and/or mouth • They are sensitive to different purposes – Some discharge during grasping; some during (specific kinds of) holding; some during ...
Brainstem*s involvement in Motor process
... • Mediates motor (and sensation) control of the head, neck and face. • Influences parasympathetic reflexes • Contains ascending and descending pathways that carry motor (and sensory) information to other divisions of the central nervous system ...
... • Mediates motor (and sensation) control of the head, neck and face. • Influences parasympathetic reflexes • Contains ascending and descending pathways that carry motor (and sensory) information to other divisions of the central nervous system ...
The Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Studying Motor Learning
... Previous studies have demonstrated the critical role of motor cortical plasticity during both acquisition of new motor skills and recovery of motor functions from an injury such as stroke. A complete understanding of the plastic mechanisms involved necessitates the clarification of learning-induced ...
... Previous studies have demonstrated the critical role of motor cortical plasticity during both acquisition of new motor skills and recovery of motor functions from an injury such as stroke. A complete understanding of the plastic mechanisms involved necessitates the clarification of learning-induced ...
A unifying view of the basis of social cognition
... Towards a unifying neural hypothesis of the basis of social cognition • A bridge between ourselves and others • The understanding of basic aspects of social cognition depends on activation of neural structures normally involved in our own personally experienced actions or emotions. • Network of act ...
... Towards a unifying neural hypothesis of the basis of social cognition • A bridge between ourselves and others • The understanding of basic aspects of social cognition depends on activation of neural structures normally involved in our own personally experienced actions or emotions. • Network of act ...
`Mirror` neuron system Premotor cortex
... Increased use of verbal representation but speech is egocentric. The beginnings of symbolic rather than simple motor play. Transductive reasoning. Can think about something without the object being present by use of language. ...
... Increased use of verbal representation but speech is egocentric. The beginnings of symbolic rather than simple motor play. Transductive reasoning. Can think about something without the object being present by use of language. ...
Re-examining the debate about the functional role of motor cortex
... emerge artifactually, and in predictable patterns, from the biomechanical properties of the periphery. Peter Strick has colorfully referred to this controversy as a "muscles vs. movements" debate. Through a series of experimental and theoretical studies, my colleagues and I re-examine this debate in ...
... emerge artifactually, and in predictable patterns, from the biomechanical properties of the periphery. Peter Strick has colorfully referred to this controversy as a "muscles vs. movements" debate. Through a series of experimental and theoretical studies, my colleagues and I re-examine this debate in ...
Exploiting the potential of Selective serotonin receptor antagonists
... observed in MND patients. In particular, selective impairments in the processing of verbs as well as abstract concepts of actions have been described in MND (Bak & Chandran 2012), interestingly in connection with the pathological changes in Broca’s area of the brain, known to be crucially important ...
... observed in MND patients. In particular, selective impairments in the processing of verbs as well as abstract concepts of actions have been described in MND (Bak & Chandran 2012), interestingly in connection with the pathological changes in Broca’s area of the brain, known to be crucially important ...
presentation5
... Premotor cortex, parietal areas and the superior temporal sulcus (STS) neurons are activated during action observation ...
... Premotor cortex, parietal areas and the superior temporal sulcus (STS) neurons are activated during action observation ...
simsemtuespres
... they will strongly inhibit each other • It will thus take longer for two distinct mirror structures to become active, and for a subject to arrive at two distinct action perceptions • Unlike actions have less lateral inhibition, so two mirror structures become co-active more quickly ...
... they will strongly inhibit each other • It will thus take longer for two distinct mirror structures to become active, and for a subject to arrive at two distinct action perceptions • Unlike actions have less lateral inhibition, so two mirror structures become co-active more quickly ...
Language and modality specific brain regions (Abstract)
... Since the discovery of mirror neurons and Rizzolatti and Arbib’s influential paper “Language within our grasp” (1998) and Pulvermüller’s paper “Words in the brain’s language” (1999) ideas about embodiment and language processing have entered the cognitive neuroscience literature. The embodied view o ...
... Since the discovery of mirror neurons and Rizzolatti and Arbib’s influential paper “Language within our grasp” (1998) and Pulvermüller’s paper “Words in the brain’s language” (1999) ideas about embodiment and language processing have entered the cognitive neuroscience literature. The embodied view o ...
Grasping the Ungraspable: How do motor actions and motor metaphors interact?
... action execution, and during action observation (Gallese et al., 1996). The neural areas active while observing an action (e.g., kicking) are also active during the processing of concrete action descriptions (e.g., she kicked the ball) (Pulvermuller, 2005). These advances raise an interesting possib ...
... action execution, and during action observation (Gallese et al., 1996). The neural areas active while observing an action (e.g., kicking) are also active during the processing of concrete action descriptions (e.g., she kicked the ball) (Pulvermuller, 2005). These advances raise an interesting possib ...