Consciousness:our awareness of ourselves and our
... Melatonin: a sleep-inducing hormone. The SCN causes the brain’s pineal gland to decrease its production of melatonin in the morning or to increase it in the evening. Adenosine: a neurotransmitter that causes drowsiness and the slowing of nerve cells. Caffeine is an antagonist that blocks the trans ...
... Melatonin: a sleep-inducing hormone. The SCN causes the brain’s pineal gland to decrease its production of melatonin in the morning or to increase it in the evening. Adenosine: a neurotransmitter that causes drowsiness and the slowing of nerve cells. Caffeine is an antagonist that blocks the trans ...
Bio-Psycho-Social influences on drug use: States of Consciousness
... Melatonin: a sleep-inducing hormone. The SCN causes the brain’s pineal gland to decrease its production of melatonin in the morning or to increase it in the evening. Adenosine: a neurotransmitter that causes drowsiness and the slowing of nerve cells. Caffeine is an antagonist that blocks the transmi ...
... Melatonin: a sleep-inducing hormone. The SCN causes the brain’s pineal gland to decrease its production of melatonin in the morning or to increase it in the evening. Adenosine: a neurotransmitter that causes drowsiness and the slowing of nerve cells. Caffeine is an antagonist that blocks the transmi ...
Chapter 2: The Biological Basis of Behavior
... conscious awareness. d. The strength of the neural impulses in each of the firing neurons increased markedly, bringing the music to her conscious awareness. ...
... conscious awareness. d. The strength of the neural impulses in each of the firing neurons increased markedly, bringing the music to her conscious awareness. ...
On the computational architecture of the neocortex
... sense that of the 10,000 possible one-way pathways that could exist between 100 areas in each hemisphere, perhaps only the order of magnitude of 2000 exist (Fellem a n and Van Essen 1991). This could well be the result of limitations of space inside the cerebral hemispheres, which can only contain s ...
... sense that of the 10,000 possible one-way pathways that could exist between 100 areas in each hemisphere, perhaps only the order of magnitude of 2000 exist (Fellem a n and Van Essen 1991). This could well be the result of limitations of space inside the cerebral hemispheres, which can only contain s ...
The Biology of Mind - American International School
... seeing where one neuron ends and another begins. Scientists once believed that the axon of one cell fused with the dendrites of another in an uninterrupted fabric. Then British physiologist Sir Charles Sherrington (1857–1952) noticed that neural impulses were taking an unexpectedly long time to trav ...
... seeing where one neuron ends and another begins. Scientists once believed that the axon of one cell fused with the dendrites of another in an uninterrupted fabric. Then British physiologist Sir Charles Sherrington (1857–1952) noticed that neural impulses were taking an unexpectedly long time to trav ...
Biological Imitation
... o Have mental state concepts such as • Believe Know • Want See – and use these concepts to predict and explain behavior. • Relevant because imitation is thought to involve the ascription of purposes or goals by the imitator to the model. ...
... o Have mental state concepts such as • Believe Know • Want See – and use these concepts to predict and explain behavior. • Relevant because imitation is thought to involve the ascription of purposes or goals by the imitator to the model. ...
workbook - anglické gymnázium brno
... Nervous System, Senses. Animal Behavior. Task No 1: Read the paragraphs in the boxes and look at the diagram. Then answer the questions. The nervous system gives directions to all the other systems in your body. It also gets information from your senses, and keeps track of how well the different par ...
... Nervous System, Senses. Animal Behavior. Task No 1: Read the paragraphs in the boxes and look at the diagram. Then answer the questions. The nervous system gives directions to all the other systems in your body. It also gets information from your senses, and keeps track of how well the different par ...
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... (Top left) This photo of a human brain shows many of the structures discussed in this chapter. (Top right) The brain is divided into three major areas: the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. These subdivisions actually make more sense for the brains of other animals than of humans. In humans, the f ...
... (Top left) This photo of a human brain shows many of the structures discussed in this chapter. (Top right) The brain is divided into three major areas: the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. These subdivisions actually make more sense for the brains of other animals than of humans. In humans, the f ...
clinical assessment of dementia
... neurological examination, and mental status examination. A basic physical examination is essential to exclude severe cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease. Patients with alcoholinduced dementia may demonstrate evidence of alcohol-induced, end-organ disease; however, little relationship exists be ...
... neurological examination, and mental status examination. A basic physical examination is essential to exclude severe cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease. Patients with alcoholinduced dementia may demonstrate evidence of alcohol-induced, end-organ disease; however, little relationship exists be ...
Brain rhythms in mental time travel
... search through one's past experience which yields a set of overt behavioral responses in the form of vocal report of the studied items. While much of memory search is behaviorally covert, reliable neural signals are produced which reflect the dynamics of the search and can reveal the influence of the ...
... search through one's past experience which yields a set of overt behavioral responses in the form of vocal report of the studied items. While much of memory search is behaviorally covert, reliable neural signals are produced which reflect the dynamics of the search and can reveal the influence of the ...
Deep Neural Networks for Anatomical Brain Segmentation
... registration step, in which the atlases are non-linearly registered to the query image. A global affine or rigid registration is usually first performed and then followed by a local non-rigid registration. This latter registration step relies on the critical assumption that brains are similar enough ...
... registration step, in which the atlases are non-linearly registered to the query image. A global affine or rigid registration is usually first performed and then followed by a local non-rigid registration. This latter registration step relies on the critical assumption that brains are similar enough ...
Functional Disconnectivities in Autistic Spectrum
... basal ganglia, and prefrontal cortex [46]. Anatomic and functional development of the nervous system is dependent on sensory input, which is associated with growth of a given brain area and its associated connectivities with other brain regions. Brain area growth and the capacity to make functional ...
... basal ganglia, and prefrontal cortex [46]. Anatomic and functional development of the nervous system is dependent on sensory input, which is associated with growth of a given brain area and its associated connectivities with other brain regions. Brain area growth and the capacity to make functional ...
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... that it supports computations necessary for self-referential thought (i.e., internal mentation, daydreaming, etc. [1,2,39–44]; for a review, see [3,45]). The dominant proposal argues that the DMN may enable internal construction of mental models that support self-referential computations [3,42]. Thi ...
... that it supports computations necessary for self-referential thought (i.e., internal mentation, daydreaming, etc. [1,2,39–44]; for a review, see [3,45]). The dominant proposal argues that the DMN may enable internal construction of mental models that support self-referential computations [3,42]. Thi ...
- White Rose Research Online
... of actuator sub-systems, many of which can act in parallel. Controlling robots therefore requires the co-ordination, in space and time, of many interacting sub-systems, and the allocation of appropriate resources between them. The problem for control system design is to satisfy these multiple constr ...
... of actuator sub-systems, many of which can act in parallel. Controlling robots therefore requires the co-ordination, in space and time, of many interacting sub-systems, and the allocation of appropriate resources between them. The problem for control system design is to satisfy these multiple constr ...
Forced moves or good tricks in design space? Landmarks in the
... of actuator sub-systems, many of which can act in parallel. Controlling robots therefore requires the co-ordination, in space and time, of many interacting sub-systems, and the allocation of appropriate resources between them. The problem for control system design is to satisfy these multiple constr ...
... of actuator sub-systems, many of which can act in parallel. Controlling robots therefore requires the co-ordination, in space and time, of many interacting sub-systems, and the allocation of appropriate resources between them. The problem for control system design is to satisfy these multiple constr ...
ADHD: The Biology Behind the Behavior Presentation
... transitioning between tasks, daydreaming. ...
... transitioning between tasks, daydreaming. ...
Brain Abnormalities in Murderers Indicated by
... hypothalamic-induced attack in cats (Mirsky and Siegel 1994). Nevertheless, such research on animals and humans who have suffered brain insults, although of key importance, is one step removed from the question of whether severely violent offenders have brain dysfunction localized to specific brain ...
... hypothalamic-induced attack in cats (Mirsky and Siegel 1994). Nevertheless, such research on animals and humans who have suffered brain insults, although of key importance, is one step removed from the question of whether severely violent offenders have brain dysfunction localized to specific brain ...
Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
... do these interactions operate? Several lines of evidence indicate that these effects predominantly reflect an interaction of a driving input (i.e., one that causes local cortical neurons to fire action potentials) through the preferred modality with a modulatory input mediated by a non-preferred mod ...
... do these interactions operate? Several lines of evidence indicate that these effects predominantly reflect an interaction of a driving input (i.e., one that causes local cortical neurons to fire action potentials) through the preferred modality with a modulatory input mediated by a non-preferred mod ...
Towards an Empirically Grounded Predictive Coding Account of
... and is highly dependent upon the specific paradigm chosen for the task. It is likely that the predictive mirror neurons (both Action and Inaction) represent the system’s representation units, because they began to discharge before the go/no-go signal, presumably driven by the input of prior informat ...
... and is highly dependent upon the specific paradigm chosen for the task. It is likely that the predictive mirror neurons (both Action and Inaction) represent the system’s representation units, because they began to discharge before the go/no-go signal, presumably driven by the input of prior informat ...
rapid eye movement sleep deprivation induces acetylcholinesterase
... sleep for a period of72, 96, and 120 h and perfused brains were then sectioned with a vibratome and stained histochemically for AchE. In comparison to control animals, marked positive AchE ...
... sleep for a period of72, 96, and 120 h and perfused brains were then sectioned with a vibratome and stained histochemically for AchE. In comparison to control animals, marked positive AchE ...
Sensorimotor Neural Plasticity following Hand Transplantation
... motor and sensory neurons can abruptly reinnervate onto organs that were not the original target organs even though it is a different function and territory. The result of this abrupt reinnervation can be an abnormal pattern of input or output activity that is shown in the cortical maps. The cortica ...
... motor and sensory neurons can abruptly reinnervate onto organs that were not the original target organs even though it is a different function and territory. The result of this abrupt reinnervation can be an abnormal pattern of input or output activity that is shown in the cortical maps. The cortica ...
Investigating the neurocognitive deficits associated with chronic
... psychiatric disorders that tend to compromise interpretation of results in the absence of carefully matched positive control groups, as well as variable levels of concurrent medication for co-morbid disorders and for substance abuse itself (e.g. methadone treatments). No published study has been abl ...
... psychiatric disorders that tend to compromise interpretation of results in the absence of carefully matched positive control groups, as well as variable levels of concurrent medication for co-morbid disorders and for substance abuse itself (e.g. methadone treatments). No published study has been abl ...
The Role of analogy in cognitive science
... concepts, and may require an even larger pool of knowledge from which to draw conclusions about relationships and attributes. For humans, analogy is usually quite natural, as our cognitive processes have extensive resources on context, history, and personal experience from which to draw. The real tr ...
... concepts, and may require an even larger pool of knowledge from which to draw conclusions about relationships and attributes. For humans, analogy is usually quite natural, as our cognitive processes have extensive resources on context, history, and personal experience from which to draw. The real tr ...
An ontology-based search engine for digital
... the root of the hierarchy (which is orphan) has exactly one parent and may have one or more children. Children are linked to parents with a subsumption relationship (‘is_a’ or ‘is_part_of’), meaning that all properties of a parent apply to all of its children; for instance, if rodents have four legs ...
... the root of the hierarchy (which is orphan) has exactly one parent and may have one or more children. Children are linked to parents with a subsumption relationship (‘is_a’ or ‘is_part_of’), meaning that all properties of a parent apply to all of its children; for instance, if rodents have four legs ...
melanin in the body
... whose primary signal is dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical signal sent between neurons and cells controlling many different roles of the brain. It has extremely powerful affects on the brain processes that control emotional responses, the ability to feel pleasure and pain, our mood, attention and lear ...
... whose primary signal is dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical signal sent between neurons and cells controlling many different roles of the brain. It has extremely powerful affects on the brain processes that control emotional responses, the ability to feel pleasure and pain, our mood, attention and lear ...