The emergence of a shared action ontology: Building blocks for a
... Fig. 1. Example of an F5 mirror neuron responding to action observation in Full vision and in Hidden condition. The lower part of each panel illustrates schematically the experimenterÕs action as observed from the monkeyÕs vantage point: the experimenterÕs hand starting from a fixed position, moving ...
... Fig. 1. Example of an F5 mirror neuron responding to action observation in Full vision and in Hidden condition. The lower part of each panel illustrates schematically the experimenterÕs action as observed from the monkeyÕs vantage point: the experimenterÕs hand starting from a fixed position, moving ...
Chapter 10
... When this occurs, specific feelings associated with traumatic past relationships are somehow “placed” in the analyst. This mysterious unconscious communication of feeling is not in any sense mystical or telepathic, as it now might be explained by mirror neurons. Vittorio Gallese, who with Giacomo Ri ...
... When this occurs, specific feelings associated with traumatic past relationships are somehow “placed” in the analyst. This mysterious unconscious communication of feeling is not in any sense mystical or telepathic, as it now might be explained by mirror neurons. Vittorio Gallese, who with Giacomo Ri ...
What do you notice? - Neural Crossroads Laboratory
... 2) The resonance properties of neurons in the medial septum There are like many more contributors to the hippocampal theta rhythm. The result in a highly interconnected network is the large-scale coordination of hippocampal activity in a theta rhythm. ...
... 2) The resonance properties of neurons in the medial septum There are like many more contributors to the hippocampal theta rhythm. The result in a highly interconnected network is the large-scale coordination of hippocampal activity in a theta rhythm. ...
Lecture 7 Rhythms of the Brain
... • Lack of sleep does not seem to interfere with human capacity for physical exercise. – Quadriplegics and forced bed rest subjects do not show decreased or altered sleep. – Exception: exercise that significantly raises the brain’s temperature (and metabolic rate) seem to cause increased need for slo ...
... • Lack of sleep does not seem to interfere with human capacity for physical exercise. – Quadriplegics and forced bed rest subjects do not show decreased or altered sleep. – Exception: exercise that significantly raises the brain’s temperature (and metabolic rate) seem to cause increased need for slo ...
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... in many areas of the brain. It apparently does this by inhibiting the release of neurotransmitters, chemicals that carry nerve impulses from one neuron to the next. (10) Like many other agents that affect neuron firing, adenosine must first bind to specific receptors on neuronal membranes. There are ...
... in many areas of the brain. It apparently does this by inhibiting the release of neurotransmitters, chemicals that carry nerve impulses from one neuron to the next. (10) Like many other agents that affect neuron firing, adenosine must first bind to specific receptors on neuronal membranes. There are ...
Assessing the Chaotic Nature of Neural Networks
... an early explosion of the presence of synapses, that peeks around two years after birth, and that over the course of childhood are pruned to reach the adult state [1, 2]. This pruning coincides with the acquisition of many skills. As such it is rather simple than to conclude that the exuberance of s ...
... an early explosion of the presence of synapses, that peeks around two years after birth, and that over the course of childhood are pruned to reach the adult state [1, 2]. This pruning coincides with the acquisition of many skills. As such it is rather simple than to conclude that the exuberance of s ...
Chapter 2
... autonomic nervous systems – Autonomic nervous system subdivided into sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems ...
... autonomic nervous systems – Autonomic nervous system subdivided into sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems ...
Evolution of Association Pallial Areas: In Birds E
... distance between birds and mammals, it can be assumed that a number of these skills have evolved independently. On the neural level, it can be said that the avian and mammalian pallium seem to be homologous with respect to their phylogenetic continuity, but this does not necessarily hold for the dif ...
... distance between birds and mammals, it can be assumed that a number of these skills have evolved independently. On the neural level, it can be said that the avian and mammalian pallium seem to be homologous with respect to their phylogenetic continuity, but this does not necessarily hold for the dif ...
Messages from the Brain Connectivity Regarding Neural Correlates
... [17], a majority of neuroimaging studies had mainly focused on the speculation of segregation until the mid-1990s (see Fig. 2. in ref. [16]). However, the proportion of studies looking at integration has been gradually increasing during the last two decades (see Fig. 2. in ref. [16]). Since function ...
... [17], a majority of neuroimaging studies had mainly focused on the speculation of segregation until the mid-1990s (see Fig. 2. in ref. [16]). However, the proportion of studies looking at integration has been gradually increasing during the last two decades (see Fig. 2. in ref. [16]). Since function ...
Final Paper Outline: Effects of Meditation on the Brain
... role in the increased activity in the brain observed during states of transcendental meditation (TM). Aftanas and Golocheikine (2005) lend support to this view in their comparison of long-term meditators and non-meditators which also showed increased alpha and theta wave activity recordings on EEG ...
... role in the increased activity in the brain observed during states of transcendental meditation (TM). Aftanas and Golocheikine (2005) lend support to this view in their comparison of long-term meditators and non-meditators which also showed increased alpha and theta wave activity recordings on EEG ...
Distributed patterns of reactivation predict vividness of recollection.
... Chun, & Wagner, 2011; Johnson et al., 2009; McDuff, Frankel, & Norman, 2009). However, most of these studies have assessed recollection as an all-or-none phenomenon that is either present or absent (e.g., with a remember/know paradigm; Tulving, 1985). For example, Johnson et al. (2009) reported sign ...
... Chun, & Wagner, 2011; Johnson et al., 2009; McDuff, Frankel, & Norman, 2009). However, most of these studies have assessed recollection as an all-or-none phenomenon that is either present or absent (e.g., with a remember/know paradigm; Tulving, 1985). For example, Johnson et al. (2009) reported sign ...
The epistemic value of brain-machine systems for the study of the
... the authors have drawn interesting insights on the functioning of the (monkey) nervous system from data obtained during the “pole control” (Figure 1) and “brain control” (Figures 2 and 3) stages. Let me start from the “pole control” phase. As pointed out before, at the end of this phase a fairly goo ...
... the authors have drawn interesting insights on the functioning of the (monkey) nervous system from data obtained during the “pole control” (Figure 1) and “brain control” (Figures 2 and 3) stages. Let me start from the “pole control” phase. As pointed out before, at the end of this phase a fairly goo ...
Nervous
... What is the association between cutaneous sensation and spinal nerves? Spinal nerves innervate specific regions of the body and are mapped out on a Dermatomal map Predict the possible site of nerve damage for a patient who suffered whiplash and developed anesthesia in the left arm, forearm and ...
... What is the association between cutaneous sensation and spinal nerves? Spinal nerves innervate specific regions of the body and are mapped out on a Dermatomal map Predict the possible site of nerve damage for a patient who suffered whiplash and developed anesthesia in the left arm, forearm and ...
Kardinia International College
... • Male child develops sexual attraction to his mother • Below conscious awareness • Fears father who is bigger and stronger, believes punishment will involve castration • Repression used as defence mechanism • Child identifies with father – being like dad will mean dad will be less inclined to punis ...
... • Male child develops sexual attraction to his mother • Below conscious awareness • Fears father who is bigger and stronger, believes punishment will involve castration • Repression used as defence mechanism • Child identifies with father – being like dad will mean dad will be less inclined to punis ...
Sleep imaging and the neuro- psychological assessment of dreams
... [b]. In order for home-based dream samples to comply with scientific demand, they must follow controlled, systematic and exhaustive recording procedures [b]. On the other hand, dreams can be collected after awakenings in the laboratory under polysomnographic monitoring. This technique permits dream ...
... [b]. In order for home-based dream samples to comply with scientific demand, they must follow controlled, systematic and exhaustive recording procedures [b]. On the other hand, dreams can be collected after awakenings in the laboratory under polysomnographic monitoring. This technique permits dream ...
Chapter 2: The Biological Basis of Behavior
... Which of the following statements is true of the activity of neurons? a. The nerve impulse fades in strength as it travels through the neuron. b. Transmission of information at synapses occurs by means of direct physical contact between the nerve cells. c. The size and speed of the neural impulse is ...
... Which of the following statements is true of the activity of neurons? a. The nerve impulse fades in strength as it travels through the neuron. b. Transmission of information at synapses occurs by means of direct physical contact between the nerve cells. c. The size and speed of the neural impulse is ...
From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal
... perceptual and motor processes. From these microelectrode studies we have been able to see that the mechanisms of perception are much the same in humans, monkeys, and even simpler animals. These cellular studies in monkeys also made it possible to identify the importance of different combinations of ...
... perceptual and motor processes. From these microelectrode studies we have been able to see that the mechanisms of perception are much the same in humans, monkeys, and even simpler animals. These cellular studies in monkeys also made it possible to identify the importance of different combinations of ...
Please click here for the Cognitive Futures conference programme
... Cognitive Pre-Histories: The Literary Archive What is the value of cognitive insights from past cultures? Are they only of interest to historians of ideas and of literature? In order to answer those questions, one needs first to distinguish a history of ideas (or of philosophy or science) from a his ...
... Cognitive Pre-Histories: The Literary Archive What is the value of cognitive insights from past cultures? Are they only of interest to historians of ideas and of literature? In order to answer those questions, one needs first to distinguish a history of ideas (or of philosophy or science) from a his ...
LANGUAGE, MIND AND COMPUTATION (November 12, 2014
... they bear upon different sets of questions. The deeper problem that comes out is that no coherent and consistent notion of abstraction of I-language from psychological mechanisms is possible, since, as the book reveals, grammar makes reference to interpretation at every step and at the same time doe ...
... they bear upon different sets of questions. The deeper problem that comes out is that no coherent and consistent notion of abstraction of I-language from psychological mechanisms is possible, since, as the book reveals, grammar makes reference to interpretation at every step and at the same time doe ...
Avian brains and a new understanding of
... the subpallial relationships among birds, reptiles and mammals came challenges to the classical view of the relationships among their pallia. The mammalian pallium includes the areas known as palaeocortex, archicortex and neocortex; and has been said, more recently, to include both the claustrum and ...
... the subpallial relationships among birds, reptiles and mammals came challenges to the classical view of the relationships among their pallia. The mammalian pallium includes the areas known as palaeocortex, archicortex and neocortex; and has been said, more recently, to include both the claustrum and ...
Real-time tomography from magnetoencephalography (MEG
... what each side might represent and partly by a mismatch in the actual coin (paper) about what value one side is portraying and how this value is described implicitly or explicitly on the other side. The end product of an EEG or MEG experiment is some measure of activity. Even if we assume that the ...
... what each side might represent and partly by a mismatch in the actual coin (paper) about what value one side is portraying and how this value is described implicitly or explicitly on the other side. The end product of an EEG or MEG experiment is some measure of activity. Even if we assume that the ...
Neural computations that underlie decisions about sensory stimuli
... light, with some values being more likely than others when light is present (see Box 1). How do you use the value from the detector to decide if the light was present? This problem consists of deciding which hypothesis – light is present (h1) or light is absent (h2) – is most likely to be true given ...
... light, with some values being more likely than others when light is present (see Box 1). How do you use the value from the detector to decide if the light was present? This problem consists of deciding which hypothesis – light is present (h1) or light is absent (h2) – is most likely to be true given ...
Posterior cingulate cortex: adapting behavior to a
... Bayesian learning: a set of learning models in which agents maintain knowledge as probability distributions updated by Bayes’ rule. Classical or Pavlovian conditioning: the process by which environmental stimuli become associated, via learning, with the prediction of outcomes. Cognitive set or set: ...
... Bayesian learning: a set of learning models in which agents maintain knowledge as probability distributions updated by Bayes’ rule. Classical or Pavlovian conditioning: the process by which environmental stimuli become associated, via learning, with the prediction of outcomes. Cognitive set or set: ...
Proposal: Creation of an Honours Minor Program in Cognitive Science
... This course is a critical examination of philosophical problems raised by neuroscientific research, which asks whether such research can help to answer traditional philosophical questions. The course introduces the goals, methods, techniques and theoretical as well as conceptual commitments of neuro ...
... This course is a critical examination of philosophical problems raised by neuroscientific research, which asks whether such research can help to answer traditional philosophical questions. The course introduces the goals, methods, techniques and theoretical as well as conceptual commitments of neuro ...
Slide 1
... discussions since the BCI application have started developing. This has provided a new work area for scientists and researchers around the world. ...
... discussions since the BCI application have started developing. This has provided a new work area for scientists and researchers around the world. ...