Superior digit memory of abacus experts
... abacus experts [13]. It is possible that a spatial representation of numbers is developed through abacus practice, which involves rule–based visuo-motor processing, and utilized in the digit span memory task, because it may be more efficient to mentally manipulate large numbers using a spatial repre ...
... abacus experts [13]. It is possible that a spatial representation of numbers is developed through abacus practice, which involves rule–based visuo-motor processing, and utilized in the digit span memory task, because it may be more efficient to mentally manipulate large numbers using a spatial repre ...
Whisker sensory system – From receptor to decision
... Even when the stimulus features that drive a neuron can be defined, the workings underlying such selectivity occupy the realm of abstract modeling (Kouh and Poggio, 2008). A mechanistic account for visual object recognition remains beyond the grasp of contemporary cognitive neuroscience, but building ...
... Even when the stimulus features that drive a neuron can be defined, the workings underlying such selectivity occupy the realm of abstract modeling (Kouh and Poggio, 2008). A mechanistic account for visual object recognition remains beyond the grasp of contemporary cognitive neuroscience, but building ...
The rhinal cortices: a wall of inhibition between the
... In spite of the demonstration of well-defined reciprocal connections between temporal neocortex and rhinal cortices, extracellular recordings and optical imaging studies have revealed that PRC–ERC and ERC–PRC interactions do not involve massive neuronal activation. Rather, there is a low probability ...
... In spite of the demonstration of well-defined reciprocal connections between temporal neocortex and rhinal cortices, extracellular recordings and optical imaging studies have revealed that PRC–ERC and ERC–PRC interactions do not involve massive neuronal activation. Rather, there is a low probability ...
Huntington disease models and human neuropathology: similarities
... believe…”, “our Wndings suggest…” reXects the intuitive awareness of the shortcomings of the models used thus far to probe the cellular pathogenesis of HD. Comparing the neuropathologic changes in the HD human brains with those occurring in the brains of the engineered animals is challenging. First, ...
... believe…”, “our Wndings suggest…” reXects the intuitive awareness of the shortcomings of the models used thus far to probe the cellular pathogenesis of HD. Comparing the neuropathologic changes in the HD human brains with those occurring in the brains of the engineered animals is challenging. First, ...
Investigation of the central regulation of taste perception and
... examination data, 11 AN patients, ten women and one man (BMI: 16.7±1.6; age: mean 23.3 years) and 11 age-matched healthy control subjects, nine women and two men (BMI: 22.8±1.9; age: mean 24 years) participated in these experiments. All the volunteers were screened with the EAT-40 test and the EDI t ...
... examination data, 11 AN patients, ten women and one man (BMI: 16.7±1.6; age: mean 23.3 years) and 11 age-matched healthy control subjects, nine women and two men (BMI: 22.8±1.9; age: mean 24 years) participated in these experiments. All the volunteers were screened with the EAT-40 test and the EDI t ...
... HR changes in obstructive apnoeas. According to that hypothesis, upper aiiway receptor stimulation in apnoeas could activate postinspiratory neurons; postinspiratory time could then increase and this, in turn, could contribute to HR changes. However, the authors did not perform any expiratory time m ...
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... Monetary incentive delay task We used the MID task as described by Knutson et al. (2001a) with slight modification to examine neural responses to monetary anticipation. Before entering the scanner, participants completed a 9-min practice version of the task. This practice task minimized later learnin ...
... Monetary incentive delay task We used the MID task as described by Knutson et al. (2001a) with slight modification to examine neural responses to monetary anticipation. Before entering the scanner, participants completed a 9-min practice version of the task. This practice task minimized later learnin ...
Reaction Time and Reflexes – Lab #11 - Science-with
... your eyes: reflexes and reactions. You automatically closed your eyes as the object approached and you may have ducked your head out of the way. Closing your eyes automatically is a reflex. A reflex is an autonomic (or involuntary) response to a stimulus that helps to protect the body from injury. R ...
... your eyes: reflexes and reactions. You automatically closed your eyes as the object approached and you may have ducked your head out of the way. Closing your eyes automatically is a reflex. A reflex is an autonomic (or involuntary) response to a stimulus that helps to protect the body from injury. R ...
A Moderate Approach to Embodied Cognitive Science
... circuitry for a variety of cognitive purposes is a central organizing principle of the brain. In other words, it is common for neural circuits originally established for one purpose to be exapted (exploited, recycled, redeployed) during evolution or normal development and put to different uses, with ...
... circuitry for a variety of cognitive purposes is a central organizing principle of the brain. In other words, it is common for neural circuits originally established for one purpose to be exapted (exploited, recycled, redeployed) during evolution or normal development and put to different uses, with ...
Reactions versus Reflexes Lab - biology-with
... Closing your eyes automatically is a reflex. A reflex is an autonomic (or involuntary) response to a stimulus that helps to protect the body from injury. Reflexes are very rapid and of short duration since they do not rely upon the brain for “decision making”. This en ...
... Closing your eyes automatically is a reflex. A reflex is an autonomic (or involuntary) response to a stimulus that helps to protect the body from injury. Reflexes are very rapid and of short duration since they do not rely upon the brain for “decision making”. This en ...
The neural network model of music cognition ARTIST and
... artificial intelligence approaches is their ability to learn. Some NN models have been built without learning like Bharucha’s MUSACT [1], where the synaptic weights were set ‘by hand’ according to previous knowledge of music theory and of music symbols manipulation. If these examples are rare in the ...
... artificial intelligence approaches is their ability to learn. Some NN models have been built without learning like Bharucha’s MUSACT [1], where the synaptic weights were set ‘by hand’ according to previous knowledge of music theory and of music symbols manipulation. If these examples are rare in the ...
Hippocampus, hippocampal sclerosis and epilepsy
... tion by “latent (dormant)” GABA interneurons of bioelectrical activity of the principal neurons. The “latency” of these interneurons is due to the lack of their physiological stimulation by damaged hilar mossy cells [88]. In addition to neuronal degeneration and gliosis, the so called mossy fiber sp ...
... tion by “latent (dormant)” GABA interneurons of bioelectrical activity of the principal neurons. The “latency” of these interneurons is due to the lack of their physiological stimulation by damaged hilar mossy cells [88]. In addition to neuronal degeneration and gliosis, the so called mossy fiber sp ...
Connectivity and circuitry in a dish versus in a brain
... neurotransmission. The underlying neuronal properties permitting intercellular signaling are progressively changing during early network formation as well as during differentiation of stem cells into neurons. Indeed, the developmental stage of neurons can be assessed electrophysiologically by measur ...
... neurotransmission. The underlying neuronal properties permitting intercellular signaling are progressively changing during early network formation as well as during differentiation of stem cells into neurons. Indeed, the developmental stage of neurons can be assessed electrophysiologically by measur ...
Chapter 15: Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior
... – ACh: Binds to nAChR, evokes fast EPSP – Ganglionic ACh: Also activates mAChR, slow EPSPs and IPSPs – Preganglionic terminals: Small EPSPs Copyright © 2007 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ...
... – ACh: Binds to nAChR, evokes fast EPSP – Ganglionic ACh: Also activates mAChR, slow EPSPs and IPSPs – Preganglionic terminals: Small EPSPs Copyright © 2007 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ...
21-Spinal Cord Tracts I
... Ascending and descending fibers are organized in distinct bundles which occupy particular areas and regions in the white matter Generally long tracts are located peripherally in the white matter, while shorter tracts are found near the gray matter • The TRACT is a bundle of nerve fibers (within CNS) ...
... Ascending and descending fibers are organized in distinct bundles which occupy particular areas and regions in the white matter Generally long tracts are located peripherally in the white matter, while shorter tracts are found near the gray matter • The TRACT is a bundle of nerve fibers (within CNS) ...
Minireview - Leslie Vosshall
... Shortly after the papers above were published, Daisuke Yamamoto and coworkers documented exactly this phenomenon: a small group of central brain neurons called mAL likely involved in taste sensation depends on fru function for survival, and these cells are programmed to die in normal females (Kimura ...
... Shortly after the papers above were published, Daisuke Yamamoto and coworkers documented exactly this phenomenon: a small group of central brain neurons called mAL likely involved in taste sensation depends on fru function for survival, and these cells are programmed to die in normal females (Kimura ...
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... Mostly seen in the elderly, but may begin in middle age Structural changes in the brain include abnormal protein deposits and twisted fibers within neurons Victims experience memory loss, irritability, confusion and ultimately, hallucinations and death Slide 7.51 ...
... Mostly seen in the elderly, but may begin in middle age Structural changes in the brain include abnormal protein deposits and twisted fibers within neurons Victims experience memory loss, irritability, confusion and ultimately, hallucinations and death Slide 7.51 ...
Neurofeedback Treatment of Epilepsy
... patients, with an A-B-A design).8 Sterman reported that he trained at CZ because that was where the 12-15 Hz activity was best seen. Sterman reviewed all of the literature up to 2000, and found that every single study of neurofeedback for epilepsy reported positive results.1 In his meta-analysis, 8 ...
... patients, with an A-B-A design).8 Sterman reported that he trained at CZ because that was where the 12-15 Hz activity was best seen. Sterman reviewed all of the literature up to 2000, and found that every single study of neurofeedback for epilepsy reported positive results.1 In his meta-analysis, 8 ...
GAIT AND LOCOMOTION
... involvement is minimal: when the animal is required to go over barriers in the travel path or is constrained to place its paws on a specific location (such as rungs of a ladder) the intensity (but not the phase) of the activity in the corticospinal tract increases dramatically (Bronstein et al 2003) ...
... involvement is minimal: when the animal is required to go over barriers in the travel path or is constrained to place its paws on a specific location (such as rungs of a ladder) the intensity (but not the phase) of the activity in the corticospinal tract increases dramatically (Bronstein et al 2003) ...
Uncomfortable images produce non-sparse responses in a model of
... of neural population responses, when the distributions of cells are taken into account, is much greater than suggested by Field’s original model. These results demonstrate the important role played by the combination of the statistics of the input image and the properties of cortical filters in dete ...
... of neural population responses, when the distributions of cells are taken into account, is much greater than suggested by Field’s original model. These results demonstrate the important role played by the combination of the statistics of the input image and the properties of cortical filters in dete ...
Homeostatic plasticity mechanisms in mouse V1
... that the regulation of neuronal firing is achieved by multiple mechanisms acting at a range of levels, from the molecular to the rewiring of neural circuits. Whether these constitute a homeostat, strictly speaking, is a matter for discussion, but all have the desired effect of restoring firing rates ...
... that the regulation of neuronal firing is achieved by multiple mechanisms acting at a range of levels, from the molecular to the rewiring of neural circuits. Whether these constitute a homeostat, strictly speaking, is a matter for discussion, but all have the desired effect of restoring firing rates ...