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... Greenberg et al. (2000) found that OCD patients, like those with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS), had markedly decreased intracortical inhibition (ICI). An altered balance of Glx and GABA in the prefrontal cortex might be hypothesized to be the biochemical basis of such a dysfunction. Elevated Glx levels h ...
... Greenberg et al. (2000) found that OCD patients, like those with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS), had markedly decreased intracortical inhibition (ICI). An altered balance of Glx and GABA in the prefrontal cortex might be hypothesized to be the biochemical basis of such a dysfunction. Elevated Glx levels h ...
Organization of acetylcholine-containing structures in the cranial
... (single arrows), and cell bodies (empty arrows) devoid of any “boutons” on their surface. Many ChAT-positive fibres (double arrows), and bouton-like structures (single arrows) dispersed in the region of the nucleus. Scale bar 40 µm Figure 5. Oval or triangular ChAT-stained motoneurons (empty arrows) ...
... (single arrows), and cell bodies (empty arrows) devoid of any “boutons” on their surface. Many ChAT-positive fibres (double arrows), and bouton-like structures (single arrows) dispersed in the region of the nucleus. Scale bar 40 µm Figure 5. Oval or triangular ChAT-stained motoneurons (empty arrows) ...
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... close other. We also aimed to provide converging evidence of DN involvement from across-task functional connectivity, and resting-state functional connectivity analyses, to provide a more comprehensive delineation of this network. Using functional MRI we measured brain activity in young adults durin ...
... close other. We also aimed to provide converging evidence of DN involvement from across-task functional connectivity, and resting-state functional connectivity analyses, to provide a more comprehensive delineation of this network. Using functional MRI we measured brain activity in young adults durin ...
Linking Objects to Actions: Encoding of Target Object and Grasping
... linking objects to actions requires a mapping of percepts to sets of cells representing specific grip categories. However, in the natural world objects can be grasped in many different ways depending on the situation. It is not clear how PMv circuits could flexibly link either the same action to mul ...
... linking objects to actions requires a mapping of percepts to sets of cells representing specific grip categories. However, in the natural world objects can be grasped in many different ways depending on the situation. It is not clear how PMv circuits could flexibly link either the same action to mul ...
Neuropsychologia, 47, 1621-6
... The experiment followed a 2 hand-type (real, fake) by 2 skin-side (glabrous, hairy) by 3 target-size (1, 2, 3 cm diameter) × 6 target-location within-subjects design. Specifically, participants pointed to visual targets projected onto the glabrous (palm) or hairy (back) side of their actual left hand ...
... The experiment followed a 2 hand-type (real, fake) by 2 skin-side (glabrous, hairy) by 3 target-size (1, 2, 3 cm diameter) × 6 target-location within-subjects design. Specifically, participants pointed to visual targets projected onto the glabrous (palm) or hairy (back) side of their actual left hand ...
Answering Subcognitive Turing Test Questions: A Reply
... evaluated using 80 synonym recognition questions from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and 50 synonym recognition questions from a collection of tests for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). On both tests, PMI-IR scores 74% (Turney, 2001). For comparison, the average sco ...
... evaluated using 80 synonym recognition questions from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and 50 synonym recognition questions from a collection of tests for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). On both tests, PMI-IR scores 74% (Turney, 2001). For comparison, the average sco ...
Proceedings of 2014 BMI the Third International Conference on
... behavioral level. Learning is known to be specific to the trained retinal location and orientation, which places important constraints on perceptual learning theories, many of which assume that perceptual learning occurs in the early visual areas that are retinotopic and orientation selective. Howev ...
... behavioral level. Learning is known to be specific to the trained retinal location and orientation, which places important constraints on perceptual learning theories, many of which assume that perceptual learning occurs in the early visual areas that are retinotopic and orientation selective. Howev ...
Answering Subcognitive Turing Test Questions: A
... evaluated using 80 synonym recognition questions from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and 50 synonym recognition questions from a collection of tests for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). On both tests, PMI-IR scores 74% (Turney, 2001). For comparison, the average sco ...
... evaluated using 80 synonym recognition questions from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and 50 synonym recognition questions from a collection of tests for students of English as a Second Language (ESL). On both tests, PMI-IR scores 74% (Turney, 2001). For comparison, the average sco ...
Automating opinion analysis in film reviews: the case
... authors and their results. These reviews are available as a corpus of texts. The initial corpus comprises 60,000 films divided equally in positive and negative reviews. We have use 50,000 reviews for training and 10,000 for testing. The main difficulty with this corpus is the small size of reviews ( ...
... authors and their results. These reviews are available as a corpus of texts. The initial corpus comprises 60,000 films divided equally in positive and negative reviews. We have use 50,000 reviews for training and 10,000 for testing. The main difficulty with this corpus is the small size of reviews ( ...
Forced moves or good tricks in design space? Landmarks in the
... were present during the Ediacaran period (635 to 542 mya)2 at the end of Neoproterozoic era, and are likely to have been the first animals to evolve nervous systems of any kind. There is still a great deal to be learned about the functional architecture of cnidarian nervous systems, however, existin ...
... were present during the Ediacaran period (635 to 542 mya)2 at the end of Neoproterozoic era, and are likely to have been the first animals to evolve nervous systems of any kind. There is still a great deal to be learned about the functional architecture of cnidarian nervous systems, however, existin ...
Segmentation in the perception and memory of events
... segmentation. In one study [18], participants passively viewed short movies of everyday activities while their brain activity was recorded with fMRI. During the initial viewing and fMRI data recording, participants were asked simply to watch the movies and try to remember as much as possible. In the ...
... segmentation. In one study [18], participants passively viewed short movies of everyday activities while their brain activity was recorded with fMRI. During the initial viewing and fMRI data recording, participants were asked simply to watch the movies and try to remember as much as possible. In the ...
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... were present during the Ediacaran period (635 to 542 mya)2 at the end of Neoproterozoic era, and are likely to have been the first animals to evolve nervous systems of any kind. There is still a great deal to be learned about the functional architecture of cnidarian nervous systems, however, existin ...
... were present during the Ediacaran period (635 to 542 mya)2 at the end of Neoproterozoic era, and are likely to have been the first animals to evolve nervous systems of any kind. There is still a great deal to be learned about the functional architecture of cnidarian nervous systems, however, existin ...
Between-Task Competition and Cognitive Control in Task Switching
... randomization of a subset of the face stimuli, a process that produced presented on top of noise patterns created by phase-scrambling of face cloudy images that were superimposed on top of the original faces. We images. Each localizer task sequence began with a verbal instruction increated nine sepa ...
... randomization of a subset of the face stimuli, a process that produced presented on top of noise patterns created by phase-scrambling of face cloudy images that were superimposed on top of the original faces. We images. Each localizer task sequence began with a verbal instruction increated nine sepa ...
The power of the mind: the cortex as a critical determinant of muscle
... hypothesis that the nervous system, and the cortex in particular, is a critical determinant of muscle strength/weakness and that a high level of corticospinal inhibition is an important neurophysiological factor regulating force generation. A group of healthy individuals underwent 4 wk of wrist-hand ...
... hypothesis that the nervous system, and the cortex in particular, is a critical determinant of muscle strength/weakness and that a high level of corticospinal inhibition is an important neurophysiological factor regulating force generation. A group of healthy individuals underwent 4 wk of wrist-hand ...
Neurons in red nucleus and primary motor cortex exhibit similar
... was implanted over the stereotaxic coordinates of the RN. The recording chamber was centered on the midline and angled 35◦ posterior of vertical, which allowed us to identify the superior and inferior colliculus during penetrations into the rostral and caudal RN, respectively. Neural data was collec ...
... was implanted over the stereotaxic coordinates of the RN. The recording chamber was centered on the midline and angled 35◦ posterior of vertical, which allowed us to identify the superior and inferior colliculus during penetrations into the rostral and caudal RN, respectively. Neural data was collec ...
Neurons and Neurotransmission with Nerve slides
... •Direction of impulse – neural impulse can only go one direction; the toilet only flushes one way, the impulse can’t come the other direction (you hope!) •Threshold – critical point after which neural impulse is fired; you can push the handle a little bit, but it won’t flush until you push the hand ...
... •Direction of impulse – neural impulse can only go one direction; the toilet only flushes one way, the impulse can’t come the other direction (you hope!) •Threshold – critical point after which neural impulse is fired; you can push the handle a little bit, but it won’t flush until you push the hand ...
The Interaction of Knowledge Sources in Word Sense Disambiguation
... (This lexicon is similar to LDOCE, which we use for experiments presented later in this paper; it is described in Section 3.1.) The senses in CIDE are grouped by guidewords, similar to homographs in LDOCE. It was produced using a large corpus of English created by the Cambridge Language Survey (CLS) ...
... (This lexicon is similar to LDOCE, which we use for experiments presented later in this paper; it is described in Section 3.1.) The senses in CIDE are grouped by guidewords, similar to homographs in LDOCE. It was produced using a large corpus of English created by the Cambridge Language Survey (CLS) ...
Body-extension versus body-incorporation: Is there a
... way. Amputation of a limb or part of it, often also involves mending the body with a replacement part or prosthesis. That humans deal with tools, instruments and gear is a common phenomenon in daily life. The confrontation, however, with a lacking bodypart and a corresponding replacement part is far ...
... way. Amputation of a limb or part of it, often also involves mending the body with a replacement part or prosthesis. That humans deal with tools, instruments and gear is a common phenomenon in daily life. The confrontation, however, with a lacking bodypart and a corresponding replacement part is far ...
Motor imagery and higher-level cognition: four hurdles before
... foot movements (left), or during reading action words related to face, arm, and leg movements (right). Reprinted from Hauk et al. (2004) with permission. Copyright 2004, Elsevier ...
... foot movements (left), or during reading action words related to face, arm, and leg movements (right). Reprinted from Hauk et al. (2004) with permission. Copyright 2004, Elsevier ...
This article was originally published in the Encyclopedia of
... response modalities. These findings are corroborated by neuroimaging findings that reveal overlapping neural activation across many stimulus and response demands. However, response selection appears in some situations to be lateralized according to stimulus characteristics, with spatial tasks associ ...
... response modalities. These findings are corroborated by neuroimaging findings that reveal overlapping neural activation across many stimulus and response demands. However, response selection appears in some situations to be lateralized according to stimulus characteristics, with spatial tasks associ ...
Forebrain Origins and Terminations of the Medial Forebrain Bundle
... ideally suited to delimiting those areas where the search should be concentrated. In order to activate as few extraneous systems as possible, it is advisable to choose the parameters of stimulation just strong enough to produce a substantial rewarding effect, and no stronger. In this paper, we repor ...
... ideally suited to delimiting those areas where the search should be concentrated. In order to activate as few extraneous systems as possible, it is advisable to choose the parameters of stimulation just strong enough to produce a substantial rewarding effect, and no stronger. In this paper, we repor ...
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... from Schlaug and colleagues [13,14] found no pre-existing differences in CC size in 5–7 year old children about to begin musical training (n = 50) compared with a matched group of children not intending to take music lessons (n = 25), and no differences in the first group of children re-scanned afte ...
... from Schlaug and colleagues [13,14] found no pre-existing differences in CC size in 5–7 year old children about to begin musical training (n = 50) compared with a matched group of children not intending to take music lessons (n = 25), and no differences in the first group of children re-scanned afte ...
GAIT AND LOCOMOTION
... • Extensive “sculpting “ of CPG networks by using different combinations of basic cellular and synaptic processes creates a variety of alternative functional circuits, each with the capacity to generate a distinct motor pattern within a family of function-related behaviours (MacKay-Lyons ...
... • Extensive “sculpting “ of CPG networks by using different combinations of basic cellular and synaptic processes creates a variety of alternative functional circuits, each with the capacity to generate a distinct motor pattern within a family of function-related behaviours (MacKay-Lyons ...
“Parcelation of the White Matter Using DTI: Insights into the
... learned, and volitional information. The corpus callosum facilitates interhemispheric interactions and integration. It is important for the performance of visual and tactile tasks that require transfer of sensory information between the cerebral hemispheres. It was demonstrated that anterior and bod ...
... learned, and volitional information. The corpus callosum facilitates interhemispheric interactions and integration. It is important for the performance of visual and tactile tasks that require transfer of sensory information between the cerebral hemispheres. It was demonstrated that anterior and bod ...
Functional sex differences in human primary auditory cortex
... significant deactivation in the male group. This deactivation was located in the right dorsolateral part of the prefrontal cortex extending to the posterior part of the middle frontal gyrus, covering primarily BA 9 (Fig. 4 and Table 1). In contrast, no significant deactivation was found in the femal ...
... significant deactivation in the male group. This deactivation was located in the right dorsolateral part of the prefrontal cortex extending to the posterior part of the middle frontal gyrus, covering primarily BA 9 (Fig. 4 and Table 1). In contrast, no significant deactivation was found in the femal ...