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... A number of additional candidate genes and variants have been described in the emerging CAS genetics literature and associated verbal traits and disorders literature. The widely studied CNTNAP2 gene encodes a member of the neurexin family, which functions in the vertebrate nervous system as cell adh ...
... A number of additional candidate genes and variants have been described in the emerging CAS genetics literature and associated verbal traits and disorders literature. The widely studied CNTNAP2 gene encodes a member of the neurexin family, which functions in the vertebrate nervous system as cell adh ...
Temporal and spatial neural dynamics in the perception of basic
... sadness and happiness may involve a slower unfolding over time than that of fear or disgust (Fredrickson, 1998; Baumeister et al., 2001). Aside from its theoretical relevance, including the time element in our current understanding of emotions can also yield new discoveries about how emotions are re ...
... sadness and happiness may involve a slower unfolding over time than that of fear or disgust (Fredrickson, 1998; Baumeister et al., 2001). Aside from its theoretical relevance, including the time element in our current understanding of emotions can also yield new discoveries about how emotions are re ...
Planning for Concurrent Action Executions Under
... Weld 2004) and Concurrent Probabilistic Temporal Planning (CPTP) (Mausam and Weld 2006) were designed to deal with domains involving actions with probabilistic effects and actions concurrency. These approaches rely on a c 2010, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Copyright Intelligence ( ...
... Weld 2004) and Concurrent Probabilistic Temporal Planning (CPTP) (Mausam and Weld 2006) were designed to deal with domains involving actions with probabilistic effects and actions concurrency. These approaches rely on a c 2010, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Copyright Intelligence ( ...
Neural Global Pattern Similarity Underlies True and False Memories
... three unstudied foil words were placed at the beginning of each test run. The same slow event-related design (12 s for each trial) as in the study phase was used for the retrieval phase. Postscan semantic similarity rating. Immediately after the scan, a semantic similarity rating task was given to t ...
... three unstudied foil words were placed at the beginning of each test run. The same slow event-related design (12 s for each trial) as in the study phase was used for the retrieval phase. Postscan semantic similarity rating. Immediately after the scan, a semantic similarity rating task was given to t ...
Functional Neuronal Processing of Body Odors
... conveyed in body odor to make accurate kin--nonkin judgments (Weisfeld et al. 2003) and to detect minute differences in genetic composition of unknown individuals (Jacob et al. 2002). It has even been suggested that signals communicating emotions are held within body odors (Chen and Haviland-Jones 1 ...
... conveyed in body odor to make accurate kin--nonkin judgments (Weisfeld et al. 2003) and to detect minute differences in genetic composition of unknown individuals (Jacob et al. 2002). It has even been suggested that signals communicating emotions are held within body odors (Chen and Haviland-Jones 1 ...
Learning to Plan in Complex Stochastic Domains
... In particular, we introduce goal-based action priors [2], that guide planners according to which actions are likely to be useful under different conditions. The priors are informed during a training stage in which simple, tractable tasks are solved, and whose solutions inform the planner about optim ...
... In particular, we introduce goal-based action priors [2], that guide planners according to which actions are likely to be useful under different conditions. The priors are informed during a training stage in which simple, tractable tasks are solved, and whose solutions inform the planner about optim ...
The role of the medial frontal cortex in the
... In a follow-up to the Mikels et al. (2008) study, investigators examined possible mechanisms that underlay emotion maintenance (C.E. Waugh and I.H. Gotlib, unpublished data). These investigators adapted Mikels et al.’s emotional working memory task, but instead of using a cognitive working memory ta ...
... In a follow-up to the Mikels et al. (2008) study, investigators examined possible mechanisms that underlay emotion maintenance (C.E. Waugh and I.H. Gotlib, unpublished data). These investigators adapted Mikels et al.’s emotional working memory task, but instead of using a cognitive working memory ta ...
Cerebral cortex and the clinical expression of
... a progressive movement disorder dominated by neostriatal pathology represent.The availability of novel neuroimaging methods has enabled us to evaluate cerebral cortical changes in HD, which we have found to occur early and to be topographically selective. What is less clear, however, is how these ch ...
... a progressive movement disorder dominated by neostriatal pathology represent.The availability of novel neuroimaging methods has enabled us to evaluate cerebral cortical changes in HD, which we have found to occur early and to be topographically selective. What is less clear, however, is how these ch ...
Autonomic Nervous System IV
... • Unilateral MOTOR damage: – pupillary response on the damaged side affected regardless of which eye is illuminated ...
... • Unilateral MOTOR damage: – pupillary response on the damaged side affected regardless of which eye is illuminated ...
KIDS, Inc. - School Neuropsychology
... • Neural crossing takes place at the medulla: – Sensory and motor tracts cross over into the opposite side of the brain. – The somatosensory (touch, pressure, pain, and temperature) and the motor systems are organized in contralateral fashion, such that sensory information and movement on the lef ...
... • Neural crossing takes place at the medulla: – Sensory and motor tracts cross over into the opposite side of the brain. – The somatosensory (touch, pressure, pain, and temperature) and the motor systems are organized in contralateral fashion, such that sensory information and movement on the lef ...
Corticomuscular Contributions to the Control of Rhythmic Movement
... The inherent simplicity of human locomotion is deceiving in nature and its complexity becomes apparent when we observe children as they learn to walk or patients suffering from neuromuscular disorders. Human movement requires inputs from supraspinal and spinal centers as well as sensory afferent fee ...
... The inherent simplicity of human locomotion is deceiving in nature and its complexity becomes apparent when we observe children as they learn to walk or patients suffering from neuromuscular disorders. Human movement requires inputs from supraspinal and spinal centers as well as sensory afferent fee ...
Probabilistic Planning via Determinization in Hindsight
... for the probability of various futures. However, HOP is still optimistic compared to the true value function and it is important to understand the effect that this optimism can have on performance. In this section, we consider some of the failure modes of HOP with respect to goal achievement and giv ...
... for the probability of various futures. However, HOP is still optimistic compared to the true value function and it is important to understand the effect that this optimism can have on performance. In this section, we consider some of the failure modes of HOP with respect to goal achievement and giv ...
different sensory modalities
... auditory system, which is organized both at the thalamic and cortical levels according to frequencies or tones (tonotopic, not spatiotopic). The contruction of spatial auditory maps in the superior colliculus is the result of a computation based on the differences in intensity and timing of suond as ...
... auditory system, which is organized both at the thalamic and cortical levels according to frequencies or tones (tonotopic, not spatiotopic). The contruction of spatial auditory maps in the superior colliculus is the result of a computation based on the differences in intensity and timing of suond as ...
Rat Thought-Controlled Robot Arm
... distinctively sharp drop in NP activity (4 in Fig. 4b). Similar NP properties were found in the other five animals in which MI/VL forelimb neurons were recorded. Further analysis of such ANNs suggested that they ‘learned’ to make such predictions by encoding distinct temporal response functions into ...
... distinctively sharp drop in NP activity (4 in Fig. 4b). Similar NP properties were found in the other five animals in which MI/VL forelimb neurons were recorded. Further analysis of such ANNs suggested that they ‘learned’ to make such predictions by encoding distinct temporal response functions into ...
Trigeminal nerve
... through mandibular canal in association with inferior alveolar vein and artey • This nerve anteriorly through the mandibular canal until mental foramen and then divided in to two branches : mental and incisive 4.Mylohyoid nerve : branch from inferior alveolar nerve iust before its entry into the can ...
... through mandibular canal in association with inferior alveolar vein and artey • This nerve anteriorly through the mandibular canal until mental foramen and then divided in to two branches : mental and incisive 4.Mylohyoid nerve : branch from inferior alveolar nerve iust before its entry into the can ...
LEAP - Life Enrichment Center
... blindness.1 The word dyslexia was coined by Berlin in 1887.2 Within a decade a Glasgow eye surgeon James Hinschelwood (1895) and a Seaford General Practitioner Pringle Morgan (1896) observed students who were incapable of learning to read and hypothesised that this was based on a failure of developm ...
... blindness.1 The word dyslexia was coined by Berlin in 1887.2 Within a decade a Glasgow eye surgeon James Hinschelwood (1895) and a Seaford General Practitioner Pringle Morgan (1896) observed students who were incapable of learning to read and hypothesised that this was based on a failure of developm ...
Auditory Brain Development in Children with Hearing Loss – Part Two
... Although the activity observed in the primary auditory cortex was certainly interesting, the most relevant finding of the Nishimura et al. study was the activity they observed in the secondary au Figure 6. PET scan imaging results showing neural responses in the brain of a pre- ditory cortex (Natu ...
... Although the activity observed in the primary auditory cortex was certainly interesting, the most relevant finding of the Nishimura et al. study was the activity they observed in the secondary au Figure 6. PET scan imaging results showing neural responses in the brain of a pre- ditory cortex (Natu ...
Cortical sensorimotor alterations classify clinical phenotype and
... Methods: We used a combination of independent component analysis and linear discriminant analysis of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data to investigate brain organization in different SD phenotypes (abductor versus adductor type) and putative genotypes (familial versus sporadic c ...
... Methods: We used a combination of independent component analysis and linear discriminant analysis of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data to investigate brain organization in different SD phenotypes (abductor versus adductor type) and putative genotypes (familial versus sporadic c ...
Handout: E-Brain Manual - Faculty Web Sites at the University of
... The pituitary gland is also called the hypophysis and is actually two distinct lobes. If you remove the dura from the pituitary you can see these. The adenohypophysis (anterior pituitary lobe) is glandular tissue that secretes two protein hormones, vasopressin and oxytocin, in response to signals fr ...
... The pituitary gland is also called the hypophysis and is actually two distinct lobes. If you remove the dura from the pituitary you can see these. The adenohypophysis (anterior pituitary lobe) is glandular tissue that secretes two protein hormones, vasopressin and oxytocin, in response to signals fr ...
Neural Compensations After Lesion of the Cerebral
... by the reorganization of intrinsic cortical circuits. We hasten to point out, however, that this reorganization is insufficient to influence recovery of skilled motor sequences or of species typical behaviors (e.g., food hoarding, nest building, social behavior). Nevertheless, the brain-behavior cor ...
... by the reorganization of intrinsic cortical circuits. We hasten to point out, however, that this reorganization is insufficient to influence recovery of skilled motor sequences or of species typical behaviors (e.g., food hoarding, nest building, social behavior). Nevertheless, the brain-behavior cor ...
3 Behavioral Neuroscience - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... unilateral neglect, which involves difficulty in attending to one side (usually the left side) of one’s body and of one’s immediate environment (Deouell, Haemaelaeinen, & Bentin, 2000). Victims of unilateral neglect often act as though one side of their world, including one side of their bodies, doe ...
... unilateral neglect, which involves difficulty in attending to one side (usually the left side) of one’s body and of one’s immediate environment (Deouell, Haemaelaeinen, & Bentin, 2000). Victims of unilateral neglect often act as though one side of their world, including one side of their bodies, doe ...
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... 5.You, as the caregiver, do ultimately affect a child’s neurological growth through activities and interactions with the child. ANS: T 6.The gestation period for a human being is actually not long enough because other species can walk soon after birth takes place. ANS: T 7.Newborns never sleep more ...
... 5.You, as the caregiver, do ultimately affect a child’s neurological growth through activities and interactions with the child. ANS: T 6.The gestation period for a human being is actually not long enough because other species can walk soon after birth takes place. ANS: T 7.Newborns never sleep more ...
Categorical perception of somesthetic stimuli: psychophysical
... analysis based on signal detection theory to determine whether these differential responses were associated with the animal’s decision. According to this analysis, 104 of the 191 neurons (right MPC, n = 48; left MPC, n = 56) coded the categorization of the stimulus speeds (categorical neurons). In a ...
... analysis based on signal detection theory to determine whether these differential responses were associated with the animal’s decision. According to this analysis, 104 of the 191 neurons (right MPC, n = 48; left MPC, n = 56) coded the categorization of the stimulus speeds (categorical neurons). In a ...
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... Optimal action selection based on online learning of the values of different actions has previously been suggested as a model of action selection in the basal ganglia.27–30 In one version of these, called Actor/Critic models, it has been suggested29 that ventral striatal areas (the so called ‘Critic ...
... Optimal action selection based on online learning of the values of different actions has previously been suggested as a model of action selection in the basal ganglia.27–30 In one version of these, called Actor/Critic models, it has been suggested29 that ventral striatal areas (the so called ‘Critic ...
Commentaries on Viewpoint: A role for the prefrontal cortex in
... TO THE EDITOR: We congratulate Robertson and Marino (3) for their prefrontal cortex model of exercise tolerance and termination, which is a welcome contribution to our broader understanding of the limits of human performance. The authors have constructed their model by bringing together neurocogniti ...
... TO THE EDITOR: We congratulate Robertson and Marino (3) for their prefrontal cortex model of exercise tolerance and termination, which is a welcome contribution to our broader understanding of the limits of human performance. The authors have constructed their model by bringing together neurocogniti ...