From the gate to the neuromatrix
... and entice them away from the concept of specificity. How the theory actually came into being involves an amusing sequence of events. My early research in psychology and physiology led me to speculate that the brain exerts a powerful, continuous descending inhibitory control over the input that is t ...
... and entice them away from the concept of specificity. How the theory actually came into being involves an amusing sequence of events. My early research in psychology and physiology led me to speculate that the brain exerts a powerful, continuous descending inhibitory control over the input that is t ...
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... 5. Pancreas: regulates blood sugar levels with two hormones: insulin and glucagons. 6. Adrenal Glands: consist of two glands: the adrenal cortex (the outer layer) and adrenal medulla (the inner core) secrete a variety of hormones that are involved in the body’s response to stress and arousal when ph ...
... 5. Pancreas: regulates blood sugar levels with two hormones: insulin and glucagons. 6. Adrenal Glands: consist of two glands: the adrenal cortex (the outer layer) and adrenal medulla (the inner core) secrete a variety of hormones that are involved in the body’s response to stress and arousal when ph ...
fMRI can see M1, premotor activity Corresponding to Individual
... Unlike with animals, in humans, electrophysiology and other invasive measurement of brain activity can generally not be used to identify brain activity corresponding to activity of individual muscles. Further, it is believed that the spatial resolution of noninvasive brain imaging modalities is not ...
... Unlike with animals, in humans, electrophysiology and other invasive measurement of brain activity can generally not be used to identify brain activity corresponding to activity of individual muscles. Further, it is believed that the spatial resolution of noninvasive brain imaging modalities is not ...
Investigating pain networks in the spinal cord using functional MRI
... the brainstem region, such as periaqueductal gray (PAG) matter and the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), have been known for decades to play an important role in the perception of pain [1] . Electrical stimulation of the PAG appears to eliminate pain, but the effect of this stimulation is incompl ...
... the brainstem region, such as periaqueductal gray (PAG) matter and the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), have been known for decades to play an important role in the perception of pain [1] . Electrical stimulation of the PAG appears to eliminate pain, but the effect of this stimulation is incompl ...
Phraseology and linguistic theory
... another (form of a) lexical item (kith and kin is a very frequently cited example of a nearly deterministic co-occurrence of two lexical items, as is strong tea); a grammatical pattern (as opposed to, say, a grammatical relation), i.e. when a particular lexical item tends to occur in/co-occur with a ...
... another (form of a) lexical item (kith and kin is a very frequently cited example of a nearly deterministic co-occurrence of two lexical items, as is strong tea); a grammatical pattern (as opposed to, say, a grammatical relation), i.e. when a particular lexical item tends to occur in/co-occur with a ...
Action potential - Scranton Prep Biology
... 28.5 The action potential propagates itself along the axon The frequency of action potentials (but not their strength) changes with the strength of the stimulus. ...
... 28.5 The action potential propagates itself along the axon The frequency of action potentials (but not their strength) changes with the strength of the stimulus. ...
Bridging Cytoarchitectonics and Connectomics in Human Cerebral
... and females mixed, age 22–35 years; imaging parameters: voxel size 1.25 mm isotropic, TR/TE 5520/89.5 ms, 270 diffusion directions with diffusion weighting 1000, 2000, or 3000 s/mm 2) was used to reconstruct a macroscale human connectome map. Diffusion weighted imaging data processing included the f ...
... and females mixed, age 22–35 years; imaging parameters: voxel size 1.25 mm isotropic, TR/TE 5520/89.5 ms, 270 diffusion directions with diffusion weighting 1000, 2000, or 3000 s/mm 2) was used to reconstruct a macroscale human connectome map. Diffusion weighted imaging data processing included the f ...
The Ventrolateral Hypothalamic Area and the Parvafox Nucleus
... locate the parvafox nucleus with the available Nisslbased maps of the LHA and to discuss what is known about its embryonic development. In the third section, the connections of the parvafox nucleus are discussed in the context of what is known concerning the connections of the LHA generally. In the ...
... locate the parvafox nucleus with the available Nisslbased maps of the LHA and to discuss what is known about its embryonic development. In the third section, the connections of the parvafox nucleus are discussed in the context of what is known concerning the connections of the LHA generally. In the ...
Human brain spots emotion in non humanoid
... response to happy vs neutral stimuli of human and non-humanoid robots. At the behavioural level, emotion shortened reaction times similarly for robotic and human stimuli. Early P1 wave was enhanced in response to happy compared to neutral expressions for robotic as well as for human stimuli, suggest ...
... response to happy vs neutral stimuli of human and non-humanoid robots. At the behavioural level, emotion shortened reaction times similarly for robotic and human stimuli. Early P1 wave was enhanced in response to happy compared to neutral expressions for robotic as well as for human stimuli, suggest ...
Altered States of Consciousness
... Consciousness as a Chord of Subconscious brain events. Neuroscientists believe that consciousness emerges from the interaction of individual subconscious brain events much like a chord that is created from ...
... Consciousness as a Chord of Subconscious brain events. Neuroscientists believe that consciousness emerges from the interaction of individual subconscious brain events much like a chord that is created from ...
Case-based reasoning foundations
... Abstract A basic observation is that case-based reasoning has roots in different disciplines: cognitive science, knowledge representation and processing, machine learning and mathematics. As a consequence, there are foundational aspects from each of these areas. We briefly discuss them and comment on ...
... Abstract A basic observation is that case-based reasoning has roots in different disciplines: cognitive science, knowledge representation and processing, machine learning and mathematics. As a consequence, there are foundational aspects from each of these areas. We briefly discuss them and comment on ...
Probing forebrain to hindbrain circuit functions in Xenopus
... laevis. (a) The ex vivo brain (Figure 1a) now viewed from the side and illustrating subdivisions (hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain) that include neural circuits participating in initiation of vocal patterns. In an adult male brain, nucleus ambiguus (NA) that includes glottal and laryngeal motor ne ...
... laevis. (a) The ex vivo brain (Figure 1a) now viewed from the side and illustrating subdivisions (hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain) that include neural circuits participating in initiation of vocal patterns. In an adult male brain, nucleus ambiguus (NA) that includes glottal and laryngeal motor ne ...
Why are brain pathways
... The neurons projecting from the eye to the rest of the brain (ganglion cells) respond stimuli in the center of their receptive fields by increasing depolarization (which will increase firing) while stimuli in the periphery of the receptive field will hyperpolarize them (which will make the cell less ...
... The neurons projecting from the eye to the rest of the brain (ganglion cells) respond stimuli in the center of their receptive fields by increasing depolarization (which will increase firing) while stimuli in the periphery of the receptive field will hyperpolarize them (which will make the cell less ...
- Wiley Online Library
... laevis. (a) The ex vivo brain (Figure 1a) now viewed from the side and illustrating subdivisions (hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain) that include neural circuits participating in initiation of vocal patterns. In an adult male brain, nucleus ambiguus (NA) that includes glottal and laryngeal motor ne ...
... laevis. (a) The ex vivo brain (Figure 1a) now viewed from the side and illustrating subdivisions (hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain) that include neural circuits participating in initiation of vocal patterns. In an adult male brain, nucleus ambiguus (NA) that includes glottal and laryngeal motor ne ...
CHAPTER 3 Neuroscience and Behavior
... sequence of events in the body that is itself truly impressive. For instance, the difference between saying the words dime and time rests primarily on whether the vocal cords are relaxed or tense during a period lasting no more than one one-hundredth of a second, yet it is a distinction that most of ...
... sequence of events in the body that is itself truly impressive. For instance, the difference between saying the words dime and time rests primarily on whether the vocal cords are relaxed or tense during a period lasting no more than one one-hundredth of a second, yet it is a distinction that most of ...
Decoding visual consciousness from human
... or to a property defined across large populations of cells in an area (as is the case for object perception, whereby cells specialized for different object features are distributed across a larger brain region, yielding a distributed representation; Figure 1b, Figure 3a) [36,37]. For this reason, th ...
... or to a property defined across large populations of cells in an area (as is the case for object perception, whereby cells specialized for different object features are distributed across a larger brain region, yielding a distributed representation; Figure 1b, Figure 3a) [36,37]. For this reason, th ...
Probing forebrain to hindbrain circuit functions in
... F I G U R E 3 Initiation and production of vocal motor patterns in X. laevis. (a) The ex vivo brain (Figure 1a) now viewed from the side and illustrating subdivisions (hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain) that include neural circuits participating in initiation of vocal patterns. In an adult male bra ...
... F I G U R E 3 Initiation and production of vocal motor patterns in X. laevis. (a) The ex vivo brain (Figure 1a) now viewed from the side and illustrating subdivisions (hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain) that include neural circuits participating in initiation of vocal patterns. In an adult male bra ...
Functionalism According to functionalism, the essential or defining
... kind described is ruled out by definition. But such inversions are entirely conceivable, concludes the objection, and if functionalism entails that they are not conceivable, then functionalism is false. Another qualia-related worry for functionalism is the so-called "absent qualia problem". The func ...
... kind described is ruled out by definition. But such inversions are entirely conceivable, concludes the objection, and if functionalism entails that they are not conceivable, then functionalism is false. Another qualia-related worry for functionalism is the so-called "absent qualia problem". The func ...
Here - Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data
... bias traditional measures using large batteries of simulated data. Traditional methods are biased by a number of features, including firing rate and dwell time in a cell s receptive field. To combat this, we have used a maximum likelihood estimation approach as a less biased and more sensitive way t ...
... bias traditional measures using large batteries of simulated data. Traditional methods are biased by a number of features, including firing rate and dwell time in a cell s receptive field. To combat this, we have used a maximum likelihood estimation approach as a less biased and more sensitive way t ...
1 Neural Affective Decision Theory: Choices, Brains, and Emotions
... that regard emotions as reactions to somatic changes (James, 1894; Damasio, 1994). It also fits with some cognitive theories of emotions, which regard them as judgments about the extent to which ones goals are being satisfied (Oatley, 1992). From a neurological perspective, it is easy to see how emo ...
... that regard emotions as reactions to somatic changes (James, 1894; Damasio, 1994). It also fits with some cognitive theories of emotions, which regard them as judgments about the extent to which ones goals are being satisfied (Oatley, 1992). From a neurological perspective, it is easy to see how emo ...
Ch 48-49 Reading Guide
... 1. Compare and contrast the nervous systems of the following animals and explain how variations in design and complexity relate to their phylogeny, natural history, and habitat: hydra, sea star, planarian, nematode, clam, squid, and vertebrate. 2. Explain how the spinal cord produces reflex movement ...
... 1. Compare and contrast the nervous systems of the following animals and explain how variations in design and complexity relate to their phylogeny, natural history, and habitat: hydra, sea star, planarian, nematode, clam, squid, and vertebrate. 2. Explain how the spinal cord produces reflex movement ...
fMRI - Rackcdn.com
... Introduction: Language is a collection of highly skilled interconnected process in which multiple areas of the brain take part for a distinct function. Many linguistic and nonlinguistic tasks require neural systems that process auditory or visual sensory information. For example: Word production beg ...
... Introduction: Language is a collection of highly skilled interconnected process in which multiple areas of the brain take part for a distinct function. Many linguistic and nonlinguistic tasks require neural systems that process auditory or visual sensory information. For example: Word production beg ...
The human brain in numbers: a linearly scaled-up
... species as an outlier in the body × brain comparison is made clear if one considers that although gorillas and orangutans overlap or exceed humans in body size, their brains amount to only about one-third of the size of the human brain. There are, however, several problems with the notion that the e ...
... species as an outlier in the body × brain comparison is made clear if one considers that although gorillas and orangutans overlap or exceed humans in body size, their brains amount to only about one-third of the size of the human brain. There are, however, several problems with the notion that the e ...
from discrete neuronal ensembles to serial order
... co-activation of two neurons strengthens their mutual connections and their alternating activity reduces their influence onto each other, it appears to be the positive or negative correlation of neuronal firing of connected cells that is, so to speak, translated into their connection strength. 2.4. ...
... co-activation of two neurons strengthens their mutual connections and their alternating activity reduces their influence onto each other, it appears to be the positive or negative correlation of neuronal firing of connected cells that is, so to speak, translated into their connection strength. 2.4. ...