Conjunction Inference Using the Bayesian Interpretation of the
... and compared to the null hypothesis distribution of all K effects being absent. When the resulting P-values are significant, they are often misinterpreted to mean that all K effects are real. This is incorrect, as this test simply refutes the global null in favor of one or more effects being real. T ...
... and compared to the null hypothesis distribution of all K effects being absent. When the resulting P-values are significant, they are often misinterpreted to mean that all K effects are real. This is incorrect, as this test simply refutes the global null in favor of one or more effects being real. T ...
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... ingested, aspartate is converted in the liver into glutamic acid, the toxic component of monosodium glutamate. A newer addition to the family of excitotoxin food additives is L-cysteine, which in the body is converted to the powerful excitotoxin cysteine sulfinic acid. L-cysteine is being added to c ...
... ingested, aspartate is converted in the liver into glutamic acid, the toxic component of monosodium glutamate. A newer addition to the family of excitotoxin food additives is L-cysteine, which in the body is converted to the powerful excitotoxin cysteine sulfinic acid. L-cysteine is being added to c ...
Bill Greenough`s research career
... Steward, was enhanced by experience in animals housed in an enriched environment. It was at this point that Greenough and Eberwine first met—Jim gave a talk on the identification of dendrite specific mRNAs while visiting the University of Illinois, and, immediately following the talk, they devised ...
... Steward, was enhanced by experience in animals housed in an enriched environment. It was at this point that Greenough and Eberwine first met—Jim gave a talk on the identification of dendrite specific mRNAs while visiting the University of Illinois, and, immediately following the talk, they devised ...
Neural Compensations After Lesion of the Cerebral
... (for a historical review see Benton & Tranel, 2000). With the recognition that some form of functional compensation is possible after cerebral injury, we are left with two fundamental questions. First, what are the neural mechanisms underlying the observed compensatory changes? Second, is it possibl ...
... (for a historical review see Benton & Tranel, 2000). With the recognition that some form of functional compensation is possible after cerebral injury, we are left with two fundamental questions. First, what are the neural mechanisms underlying the observed compensatory changes? Second, is it possibl ...
The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders
... damage more easily than adults (plasticity). Fast Facts: * More synapses present in brain by age 6 than any other time (Stahl,2000). * 83 percent of dendritic sprouting occurs after birth (Berninger et al, 2002) * Glial cells guide the migration process by making tracks and pathways to which neurons ...
... damage more easily than adults (plasticity). Fast Facts: * More synapses present in brain by age 6 than any other time (Stahl,2000). * 83 percent of dendritic sprouting occurs after birth (Berninger et al, 2002) * Glial cells guide the migration process by making tracks and pathways to which neurons ...
The mind`s mirror
... areas of the brain are some of the most well understood and well mapped, so it's easier to know where to look for particular neurons there. But some of the most interesting questions that mirror neurons raise can't be answered by the motor neurons alone--researchers want to understand how we perceiv ...
... areas of the brain are some of the most well understood and well mapped, so it's easier to know where to look for particular neurons there. But some of the most interesting questions that mirror neurons raise can't be answered by the motor neurons alone--researchers want to understand how we perceiv ...
Is anterior cingulate cortex necessary for cognitive control?Brain, 128
... Functional neuroimaging studies in normal humans suggest that dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) plays an important role in cognitive control. This brain area is reliably activated when tasks require the ongoing adjustment of the allocation of attention. The dACC has come to occupy a central ro ...
... Functional neuroimaging studies in normal humans suggest that dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) plays an important role in cognitive control. This brain area is reliably activated when tasks require the ongoing adjustment of the allocation of attention. The dACC has come to occupy a central ro ...
COGNITIVE CONTROL AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION 2 The
... information in real time, often while simultaneously preparing a response. This ability to monitor incoming information and appropriately attend to what is relevant lies at the heart of communicating through verbal language (Carroll, 2008). While language comprehension is usually a fluid and success ...
... information in real time, often while simultaneously preparing a response. This ability to monitor incoming information and appropriately attend to what is relevant lies at the heart of communicating through verbal language (Carroll, 2008). While language comprehension is usually a fluid and success ...
Nouns, verbs, objects, actions, and abstractions
... lexical classes; furthermore, were one to succeed in precisely matching sets of nouns and verbs for factors such as the concreteness of their object reference and intensity of their action relationship, one might, from a linguistic perspective, still argue that such selections would certainly be far ...
... lexical classes; furthermore, were one to succeed in precisely matching sets of nouns and verbs for factors such as the concreteness of their object reference and intensity of their action relationship, one might, from a linguistic perspective, still argue that such selections would certainly be far ...
Brain Gate
... a cursor on a screen and to open and close the hand on a prosthetic limb just by thinking about the relevant actions. The movements were his first since he was stabbed five years ago. The attack severed his spinal cord. "The results hold out the promise to one day be able to activate limb muscles wi ...
... a cursor on a screen and to open and close the hand on a prosthetic limb just by thinking about the relevant actions. The movements were his first since he was stabbed five years ago. The attack severed his spinal cord. "The results hold out the promise to one day be able to activate limb muscles wi ...
What Are Emotional States, and Why Do We
... reward or punisher, is shown in Figure 1. Before accepting this approach, we should consider whether there are any exceptions to the proposed rule. Are any emotions caused by stimuli, events, or remembered events that are not rewarding or punishing? Do any rewarding or punishing stimuli not cause em ...
... reward or punisher, is shown in Figure 1. Before accepting this approach, we should consider whether there are any exceptions to the proposed rule. Are any emotions caused by stimuli, events, or remembered events that are not rewarding or punishing? Do any rewarding or punishing stimuli not cause em ...
3 Anatomy of the Nervous System
... The vertebrate nervous system is composed of two divisions: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system (see Figure 3.1). Roughly speaking, the central nervous system (CNS) is the division of the nervous system that is located within the skull and spine; the peripheral nervous syste ...
... The vertebrate nervous system is composed of two divisions: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system (see Figure 3.1). Roughly speaking, the central nervous system (CNS) is the division of the nervous system that is located within the skull and spine; the peripheral nervous syste ...
The Kindness of Children
... schools, the child’s pediatrician, previous mental health providers and other professionals were available to review, process and integrate into our impressions of the child and family. We also did a brain scan, an MRI, as part of a study we were working on to see how early neglect affected the brai ...
... schools, the child’s pediatrician, previous mental health providers and other professionals were available to review, process and integrate into our impressions of the child and family. We also did a brain scan, an MRI, as part of a study we were working on to see how early neglect affected the brai ...
Chapter 15: Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior
... • Divisions of autonomic nervous system (ANS) ...
... • Divisions of autonomic nervous system (ANS) ...
Artificial Neural Networks - A Science in Trouble
... "ghosts" in the brain. So any notion of "extracellular control" of synaptic modification (connection weight changes) is not acceptable to this framework. Many scientists support this notion (of cells being autonomous learners) with examples of physical processes that occur without any external "cont ...
... "ghosts" in the brain. So any notion of "extracellular control" of synaptic modification (connection weight changes) is not acceptable to this framework. Many scientists support this notion (of cells being autonomous learners) with examples of physical processes that occur without any external "cont ...
Expression and Functional Interaction of Hepatocyte Growth Factor
... During the development, HGF-SF signals were first detected in El2 mouse brain. At that time and throughout further development, HGF-SF mRNA was prominently expressed in the neuroepithelial layer of the telencephalic vesicle. Furthermore, expression was seen in the developing cortical plate, most pro ...
... During the development, HGF-SF signals were first detected in El2 mouse brain. At that time and throughout further development, HGF-SF mRNA was prominently expressed in the neuroepithelial layer of the telencephalic vesicle. Furthermore, expression was seen in the developing cortical plate, most pro ...
17 Human Single Unit Activity for Reach and Grasp Motor Prostheses
... In principle, the population vector could then be used to control a motor prosthesis. From the perspective of motor prostheses, it is important to note that these early studies were investigating fundamental questions of motor coding and therefore reconstructed the direction of arm movements offline ...
... In principle, the population vector could then be used to control a motor prosthesis. From the perspective of motor prostheses, it is important to note that these early studies were investigating fundamental questions of motor coding and therefore reconstructed the direction of arm movements offline ...
Visualizing vocal perception in the chimpanzee
... scientific debate. This controversy, at least in part, can be attributed to the fact that language and its anatomical and physiological substrates do not leave indelible marks in the archaeological record. Thus, the study of extant nonhuman primate communicative signals and their neural correlates ar ...
... scientific debate. This controversy, at least in part, can be attributed to the fact that language and its anatomical and physiological substrates do not leave indelible marks in the archaeological record. Thus, the study of extant nonhuman primate communicative signals and their neural correlates ar ...
Alterations in white matter fractional anisotropy in subsyndromal perimenopausal depression Open Access
... abnormalities in patients with MDD; for example, an abnormal emotion processing and regulation system centered on the medial prefrontal-limbic network including the amygdala, hippocampus, anterior cingulate gyrus, subgenual cortex, and medial prefrontal cortex [25]. However, a study with a larger sa ...
... abnormalities in patients with MDD; for example, an abnormal emotion processing and regulation system centered on the medial prefrontal-limbic network including the amygdala, hippocampus, anterior cingulate gyrus, subgenual cortex, and medial prefrontal cortex [25]. However, a study with a larger sa ...
A computational hypothesis for allostasis: delineation of substance
... (8). For instance, if the effect of the consumed drug of abuse relies on the availability of a particular neurotransmitter, withinsystem adaptations will diminish its amount within the reward system (9). With repeated drug administration the reward system becomes accustomed to extended activations o ...
... (8). For instance, if the effect of the consumed drug of abuse relies on the availability of a particular neurotransmitter, withinsystem adaptations will diminish its amount within the reward system (9). With repeated drug administration the reward system becomes accustomed to extended activations o ...
Basal Ganglia Functional Connectivity Based on
... a specific set of motor or cognitive tasks, depending on the cortical area that belongs to it. Modifications of this model and further subdivisions of specific loops have been proposed (Fig. 1B) (Lawrence and others 1998; Nakano and others 2000). Other investigators have divided the striatum into 3 fun ...
... a specific set of motor or cognitive tasks, depending on the cortical area that belongs to it. Modifications of this model and further subdivisions of specific loops have been proposed (Fig. 1B) (Lawrence and others 1998; Nakano and others 2000). Other investigators have divided the striatum into 3 fun ...
Contextual Reasoning in Concept Spaces - CEUR
... parameters in some complex, distributed system. Mapping those entities and their interrelation onto an n-dimensional mathematical space therefore gives a sub-symbolic representation of the state the agent perceived that part of the world to be in. Dimensions and States Let a dimension be a pair (i ...
... parameters in some complex, distributed system. Mapping those entities and their interrelation onto an n-dimensional mathematical space therefore gives a sub-symbolic representation of the state the agent perceived that part of the world to be in. Dimensions and States Let a dimension be a pair (i ...
Evolutionary Neurotheology - UTK-EECS
... Nevertheless, a reduction of the complex to the simple is important in any science, and so we may ask how it can be accomplished for consciousness. We may begin to simplify the phenomenal world by dividing it according to sensory modality; for example, we may treat visual phenomena (perceptions, mem ...
... Nevertheless, a reduction of the complex to the simple is important in any science, and so we may ask how it can be accomplished for consciousness. We may begin to simplify the phenomenal world by dividing it according to sensory modality; for example, we may treat visual phenomena (perceptions, mem ...
Brain Uncoupling Protein 2: Uncoupled Neuronal Mitochondria
... oxytocin, and neuropeptide Y also expressed UCP2. Furthermore, axon terminals containing UCP2 innervated diverse hypothalamic neuronal populations. These cells included those ...
... oxytocin, and neuropeptide Y also expressed UCP2. Furthermore, axon terminals containing UCP2 innervated diverse hypothalamic neuronal populations. These cells included those ...
Natural Antioxidants May Prevent Posttraumatic Epilepsy: A
... Head injury or hemorrhagic cortical infarction results in extravasation of blood and breakdown of red blood cells and hemoglobin. Iron liberated from hemoglobin, and hemoglobin itself, are associated with the generation of reactiveoxygen species(ROS)and reactivenitrogen species(RNS). ROS and RNS hav ...
... Head injury or hemorrhagic cortical infarction results in extravasation of blood and breakdown of red blood cells and hemoglobin. Iron liberated from hemoglobin, and hemoglobin itself, are associated with the generation of reactiveoxygen species(ROS)and reactivenitrogen species(RNS). ROS and RNS hav ...