Lecture notes for Chapter 12
... 52 original areas duplicated in hemispheres Subsequently subdivided areas as more refined techniques developed. Functional separation of parts of the cortex grossly matches cytoarchitectural differences ...
... 52 original areas duplicated in hemispheres Subsequently subdivided areas as more refined techniques developed. Functional separation of parts of the cortex grossly matches cytoarchitectural differences ...
Anorexia Nervosa
... • However, anorexia could also be explained in a different way. • The psychodynamic approach suggests that a girl might starve herself to avoid growing up (adults sexual role) because she is fixated at a certain psychosexual stage. ...
... • However, anorexia could also be explained in a different way. • The psychodynamic approach suggests that a girl might starve herself to avoid growing up (adults sexual role) because she is fixated at a certain psychosexual stage. ...
3 layers
... – memory = the process by which information that is acquired through learning is stored and retrieved – role for long-term potentiation (LTP) – enhances transmission at the hippocampus after a period of high-frequency stimulation – role for glutamate = binds NMDA glutamate receptors on post-synaptic ...
... – memory = the process by which information that is acquired through learning is stored and retrieved – role for long-term potentiation (LTP) – enhances transmission at the hippocampus after a period of high-frequency stimulation – role for glutamate = binds NMDA glutamate receptors on post-synaptic ...
Document
... percent accuracy. Early diagnosis has advantages: • Doctors can rule out other conditions that may cause dementia. • If it is AD, families have more time to plan for the future. • Treatments can start earlier, when they may be more effective. ...
... percent accuracy. Early diagnosis has advantages: • Doctors can rule out other conditions that may cause dementia. • If it is AD, families have more time to plan for the future. • Treatments can start earlier, when they may be more effective. ...
Alzheimer`s Disease: Unraveling the Mystery.
... percent accuracy. Early diagnosis has advantages: • Doctors can rule out other conditions that may cause dementia. • If it is AD, families have more time to plan for the future. • Treatments can start earlier, when they may be more effective. ...
... percent accuracy. Early diagnosis has advantages: • Doctors can rule out other conditions that may cause dementia. • If it is AD, families have more time to plan for the future. • Treatments can start earlier, when they may be more effective. ...
PP1
... Prenatal Development Prenatal Period: the 9 months b/w conception and birth. A zygote is a fertilized egg with 100 cells that become increasingly diverse. At about 14 days the zygote turns into an embryo (a and b). ...
... Prenatal Development Prenatal Period: the 9 months b/w conception and birth. A zygote is a fertilized egg with 100 cells that become increasingly diverse. At about 14 days the zygote turns into an embryo (a and b). ...
Improved detection sensitivity in functional MRI data
... activated region with size and shape similar to the one of the filter are best detected. Since activated regions can in principle have any size or shape, multifiltering or multi-scale approaches have been investigated [11, 14]. However, the greater the filter size the less precise are the boundaries ...
... activated region with size and shape similar to the one of the filter are best detected. Since activated regions can in principle have any size or shape, multifiltering or multi-scale approaches have been investigated [11, 14]. However, the greater the filter size the less precise are the boundaries ...
Chapter II - Angelfire
... somatosensory and motor areas cross to the opposite side of the body and when stimulated at one side, it will produce movement on the opposite side of the body The amount of somatosensory or motor area associated with a particular part of the body is directly related to its sensitivity an use Visu ...
... somatosensory and motor areas cross to the opposite side of the body and when stimulated at one side, it will produce movement on the opposite side of the body The amount of somatosensory or motor area associated with a particular part of the body is directly related to its sensitivity an use Visu ...
Introduction - University of Toronto
... inconsistent and vary with the tasks employed. In addition, the measures commonly used tap multiple processes, rendering it difficult to determine the exact nature of the deficits. Although there is much that remains unknown about the exact nature of executive functioning in autism, the evidence sug ...
... inconsistent and vary with the tasks employed. In addition, the measures commonly used tap multiple processes, rendering it difficult to determine the exact nature of the deficits. Although there is much that remains unknown about the exact nature of executive functioning in autism, the evidence sug ...
Lecture 3
... areas of the cb are necessary for spatial reasoning, keeping muscle tone during voluntary movement or reflexes • people can't walk in a coordinated smooth manner after cb lesion ie they appear to walk as if drunk ...
... areas of the cb are necessary for spatial reasoning, keeping muscle tone during voluntary movement or reflexes • people can't walk in a coordinated smooth manner after cb lesion ie they appear to walk as if drunk ...
Document
... – Fovea has more cortical space than expected • Fovea accounts for .01% of retina • Signals from fovea account for 8% to 10% of the visual cortex • This provides extra processing for highacuity tasks • How do we know this stuff? ...
... – Fovea has more cortical space than expected • Fovea accounts for .01% of retina • Signals from fovea account for 8% to 10% of the visual cortex • This provides extra processing for highacuity tasks • How do we know this stuff? ...
HSa_Cocaine_high_same_as_cigerettes_new_sex
... dopamine to communicate. Normally, dopamine is released by a neuron in response to a pleasurable signal (e.g., the smell of good food), and then recycled back into the cell that released it, shutting off the signal between neurons. Cocaine acts by preventing the dopamine from being recycled, causing ...
... dopamine to communicate. Normally, dopamine is released by a neuron in response to a pleasurable signal (e.g., the smell of good food), and then recycled back into the cell that released it, shutting off the signal between neurons. Cocaine acts by preventing the dopamine from being recycled, causing ...
Superficial Analogies and Differences between the Human Brain
... Adaptability and learning abilities There exists local memory in the brain. The brain learns more than it consciously remembers. It can handle fuzzy better. The brain works on heuristic principles, and on the theory of rejection. Human brain seems to be consisting of largely regular structures, and ...
... Adaptability and learning abilities There exists local memory in the brain. The brain learns more than it consciously remembers. It can handle fuzzy better. The brain works on heuristic principles, and on the theory of rejection. Human brain seems to be consisting of largely regular structures, and ...
Divisions of the Nervous System Section 35-3 pgs 901-904
... Even before the information is relayed to your brain, a group of neurons in your spinal cord automatically activates the appropriate motor neurons. ...
... Even before the information is relayed to your brain, a group of neurons in your spinal cord automatically activates the appropriate motor neurons. ...
The Process of Forming Perceptions
... • A perceptual trace is a memory structure where you store information about how things looked how they sounded how they felt in past movement situation. • When you try to understand a new situation, you take your impression of the “new” situation and search for a match among your memories (perceptu ...
... • A perceptual trace is a memory structure where you store information about how things looked how they sounded how they felt in past movement situation. • When you try to understand a new situation, you take your impression of the “new” situation and search for a match among your memories (perceptu ...
Nervous System
... Short-term Memory is stored in the frontal lobe and are memories of what has recently happened. When these memories become irrelevant, the brain forgets them. Long-term Memory is aided by the hippocampus. These are short-term memories that were stored for later use. The more a memory is used the ...
... Short-term Memory is stored in the frontal lobe and are memories of what has recently happened. When these memories become irrelevant, the brain forgets them. Long-term Memory is aided by the hippocampus. These are short-term memories that were stored for later use. The more a memory is used the ...
What changes in the brain when we learn?
... In many ways we are the albums of memories we have collected in our brain. The creation of this ever-changing brain-album is made possible because of the amazing tendency of the neuronal substrate to constantly change following new experiences. These physical changes undergo progressive stabilizatio ...
... In many ways we are the albums of memories we have collected in our brain. The creation of this ever-changing brain-album is made possible because of the amazing tendency of the neuronal substrate to constantly change following new experiences. These physical changes undergo progressive stabilizatio ...
study guide File
... 2. Another name for the SA node? Where is it located? What does it do? 3. Difference between arteries/veins and arterioles/venules? 4. Number of heart chambers and names? 5. What are the atrioventricular valves, where are they located and what is their function? 6. What are the semilunar valves, whe ...
... 2. Another name for the SA node? Where is it located? What does it do? 3. Difference between arteries/veins and arterioles/venules? 4. Number of heart chambers and names? 5. What are the atrioventricular valves, where are they located and what is their function? 6. What are the semilunar valves, whe ...
The Implications of Neurological Models of Memory for Learning and
... experience - relating to the personalized neural net in each individual. Learning, according to Vygotsky, involves the transformation of external experience into internal processes through person perspective and cultural interpretation. Knowledge is constructed according to a student’s perspective a ...
... experience - relating to the personalized neural net in each individual. Learning, according to Vygotsky, involves the transformation of external experience into internal processes through person perspective and cultural interpretation. Knowledge is constructed according to a student’s perspective a ...
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... hemisphere, but in children the brain is less specialized. Scientists have demonstrated that until babies become about a year old, they respond to language with their entire brains, but then, gradually, language shifts to the left hemisphere, driven by the acquisition of language itself. Teenage bra ...
... hemisphere, but in children the brain is less specialized. Scientists have demonstrated that until babies become about a year old, they respond to language with their entire brains, but then, gradually, language shifts to the left hemisphere, driven by the acquisition of language itself. Teenage bra ...
Central Nervous System
... Peripheral Nervous System Parasympathetic Nervous System - Seeks to maintain and restore normal body function, often called Homeostasis ...
... Peripheral Nervous System Parasympathetic Nervous System - Seeks to maintain and restore normal body function, often called Homeostasis ...
Chapter 12
... Fasting phase – the phase of metabolism during which nutrients are not available to from the digestive system; glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids are derived from glycogen, protein, and adipose tissue during this phase Absorptive phase – the phase of metabolism during which nutrients are absorbed ...
... Fasting phase – the phase of metabolism during which nutrients are not available to from the digestive system; glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids are derived from glycogen, protein, and adipose tissue during this phase Absorptive phase – the phase of metabolism during which nutrients are absorbed ...
Hailee Denson Biology 1090 Mark Radandt Taking Sides Analysis
... In 2010 one of us (Sejnowski), along with HsiPing Wang and Donald Spencer of the Salk Institute and Jean-Marc Fellous of the University of Arizona, developed a detailed computer model of a spiny stellate cell and showed that even though a single spike from only one axon cannot cause one of these cel ...
... In 2010 one of us (Sejnowski), along with HsiPing Wang and Donald Spencer of the Salk Institute and Jean-Marc Fellous of the University of Arizona, developed a detailed computer model of a spiny stellate cell and showed that even though a single spike from only one axon cannot cause one of these cel ...
Unit 2: Nervous System
... – Get message to CNS – Let CNS process and decide (NO need to have cell body right by dendrites) ...
... – Get message to CNS – Let CNS process and decide (NO need to have cell body right by dendrites) ...