From Nerve Cells to Cognition: The Internal
... at the National Institutes of Health for studying the activity of single cells in the brains of animals, including primates, engaged in controlled behavior in the laboratory. This allowed investigators to correlate the activity of specific populations of neurons with specific perceptual and motor pr ...
... at the National Institutes of Health for studying the activity of single cells in the brains of animals, including primates, engaged in controlled behavior in the laboratory. This allowed investigators to correlate the activity of specific populations of neurons with specific perceptual and motor pr ...
Multistable representation of speech forms: a functional - GIPSA-Lab
... involving mental repetition of the same stimuli with active search for transformations. The choice of a mental repetition condition as baseline was made to minimize cerebral activations not directly associated with the verbal transformation task, considering that both conditions share a common prima ...
... involving mental repetition of the same stimuli with active search for transformations. The choice of a mental repetition condition as baseline was made to minimize cerebral activations not directly associated with the verbal transformation task, considering that both conditions share a common prima ...
Perceptual and Semantic Contributions to
... priming-related effects within extrastriate (i.e., visual) and prefrontal cortices (Buckner et al. 2000; Badgaiyan et al. 2001). The predominant interpretation is that such extrastriate regions mediate priming irrespective of the sensory modality and also despite changes in the surface features (i.e ...
... priming-related effects within extrastriate (i.e., visual) and prefrontal cortices (Buckner et al. 2000; Badgaiyan et al. 2001). The predominant interpretation is that such extrastriate regions mediate priming irrespective of the sensory modality and also despite changes in the surface features (i.e ...
Short frontal lobe connections of the human brain
... marginal sulcus (FMS). The connections between Broca and medial frontal areas (i.e. FAT) and those between the hand-knob motor region and post-central gyrus (PoCG) were found left lateralized in a group of twelve healthy right-handed subjects. The existence of these short frontal connections was con ...
... marginal sulcus (FMS). The connections between Broca and medial frontal areas (i.e. FAT) and those between the hand-knob motor region and post-central gyrus (PoCG) were found left lateralized in a group of twelve healthy right-handed subjects. The existence of these short frontal connections was con ...
Disorders of Consciousness: Brain Death, Coma
... and inconsistent responses that nonetheless are consciously driven and represent more than the reflex responses seen in coma and the PVS. Some patients in the MCS progress to have consistent awareness, whereas others continue to fluctuate between the PVS and the MCS. In some sense, the MCS is better ...
... and inconsistent responses that nonetheless are consciously driven and represent more than the reflex responses seen in coma and the PVS. Some patients in the MCS progress to have consistent awareness, whereas others continue to fluctuate between the PVS and the MCS. In some sense, the MCS is better ...
Read Article - University of Northern Colorado
... voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Results: Controlling for age and total gray matter volume, the volumes of the medial frontal gyri, left pre-central gyrus, right post-central gyrus, right fusiform gyrus, caudate nuclei and the left hippocampus were larger in the autism group relative to controls. Regi ...
... voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Results: Controlling for age and total gray matter volume, the volumes of the medial frontal gyri, left pre-central gyrus, right post-central gyrus, right fusiform gyrus, caudate nuclei and the left hippocampus were larger in the autism group relative to controls. Regi ...
Studying the Brain`s Structure and Functions: Spying on the Brain
... information from the nervous system to muscles and glands. Interneurons connect sensory and motor neurons, carrying messages between the two. The peripheral nervous system branches out from the spinal cord and brain and reaches the extremities of the body. Made up of neurons with long axons and dend ...
... information from the nervous system to muscles and glands. Interneurons connect sensory and motor neurons, carrying messages between the two. The peripheral nervous system branches out from the spinal cord and brain and reaches the extremities of the body. Made up of neurons with long axons and dend ...
MOTOR ph226 2015
... in the frontal lobe in precentral gyrus, also called Broadmanns area 4 Important points regarding primary motor area: ...
... in the frontal lobe in precentral gyrus, also called Broadmanns area 4 Important points regarding primary motor area: ...
memory systems in the brain
... (Rolls 1990, 1999a, 2000a). A reward is anything for which an animal will work. A punisher is anything an animal will work to escape or avoid. An example of an emotion might thus be happiness produced by being given a reward, such as a pleasant touch, praise, or winning a large sum of money; another ...
... (Rolls 1990, 1999a, 2000a). A reward is anything for which an animal will work. A punisher is anything an animal will work to escape or avoid. An example of an emotion might thus be happiness produced by being given a reward, such as a pleasant touch, praise, or winning a large sum of money; another ...
Cerebellum - DENTISTRY 2012
... Location: dorsal to pons and 4th ventricle and medulla (cut it off to view dorsal surface anatomy of brainstem). - separated from overlying cerebral cortex by tentorium cerebelli - 2 symmetrical halves, partly divided by the falx cerebelli ...
... Location: dorsal to pons and 4th ventricle and medulla (cut it off to view dorsal surface anatomy of brainstem). - separated from overlying cerebral cortex by tentorium cerebelli - 2 symmetrical halves, partly divided by the falx cerebelli ...
KIDS, Inc. - School Neuropsychology
... • Highly organized neural pathways from both lower and higher areas of the brain project through the pons to the cerebellum. • The cerebellum projects through the thalamus to the same cortical areas from which it receives input, including frontal, parietal, and superior temporal cortices. ...
... • Highly organized neural pathways from both lower and higher areas of the brain project through the pons to the cerebellum. • The cerebellum projects through the thalamus to the same cortical areas from which it receives input, including frontal, parietal, and superior temporal cortices. ...
Brain Evolution Relevant to Language
... sentence than does the left hemisphere (Beeman & Chiarello 1998). The right hemisphere is therefore likely better able to interpret ...
... sentence than does the left hemisphere (Beeman & Chiarello 1998). The right hemisphere is therefore likely better able to interpret ...
New Vistas on Amygdala Networks in Conditioned Fear
... (PO), located just medial to the PIN, also projects to the CEm and accessory basal (AB) nuclei (LeDoux et al. 1987; Linke et al. 2000; Turner and Herkenham 1991), raising the possibility that CEm receives auditory input from the thalamus (Fig. 1B). This possibility was initially considered (LeDoux e ...
... (PO), located just medial to the PIN, also projects to the CEm and accessory basal (AB) nuclei (LeDoux et al. 1987; Linke et al. 2000; Turner and Herkenham 1991), raising the possibility that CEm receives auditory input from the thalamus (Fig. 1B). This possibility was initially considered (LeDoux e ...
ling411-21 - Rice University
... Wernicke’s & Broca’s areas for syntax? Combining functional MRI and DTI, two of these pathways were defined as being relevant for syntactic processes [44]. Functionally, two levels of syntactic processing were distinguished, one dealing with building a local phrase (i.e. a noun phrase consisting of ...
... Wernicke’s & Broca’s areas for syntax? Combining functional MRI and DTI, two of these pathways were defined as being relevant for syntactic processes [44]. Functionally, two levels of syntactic processing were distinguished, one dealing with building a local phrase (i.e. a noun phrase consisting of ...
Learning, Reward and Decision-Making
... existence of these two distinct strategies within Pavlovian learning, the majority of the research in this domain has been performed using instrumental conditioning, and we focus on this theme in the remainder of this review as well, although we will revisit the Pavlovian case later. Why multiple sy ...
... existence of these two distinct strategies within Pavlovian learning, the majority of the research in this domain has been performed using instrumental conditioning, and we focus on this theme in the remainder of this review as well, although we will revisit the Pavlovian case later. Why multiple sy ...
NIH Public Access
... neurobiological substrates for different cortical functions became more pronounced. In particular, Franz Josef Gall’s theory of phrenology, which proposed that the morphology of the skull related to basic human mental faculties, prompted his contemporaries to evaluate his theory by assessing the pos ...
... neurobiological substrates for different cortical functions became more pronounced. In particular, Franz Josef Gall’s theory of phrenology, which proposed that the morphology of the skull related to basic human mental faculties, prompted his contemporaries to evaluate his theory by assessing the pos ...
(fMRI) in Brain Tumour Patients
... The aim of neurosurgery in brain tumour patients is maximum tumour resection, while at the same time minimising the risk of new functional deficits post-operatively. For optimal results, the relationship between the tumour margins and eloquent brain regions needs to be established as accurately as p ...
... The aim of neurosurgery in brain tumour patients is maximum tumour resection, while at the same time minimising the risk of new functional deficits post-operatively. For optimal results, the relationship between the tumour margins and eloquent brain regions needs to be established as accurately as p ...
Chapter 12: The Central Nervous System
... of heart beat, digestive tract motility, pupil size, etc. 2. Emotional response – perception of pleasure, fear, and rage, biological rhythms and drives 3. Body temperature – monitor blood temperature and other thermoreceptors 4. Food Intake – hunger and satiety in response to changing ...
... of heart beat, digestive tract motility, pupil size, etc. 2. Emotional response – perception of pleasure, fear, and rage, biological rhythms and drives 3. Body temperature – monitor blood temperature and other thermoreceptors 4. Food Intake – hunger and satiety in response to changing ...
Resection of focal cortical dysplasia located in the upper pre
... cus in the superior frontal gyrus. We believe that our cases had type IIb FCD because of characteristic MR imaging features. Only a part of the lesion was given for histopathological study, and balloon cells were likely missed in the specimen. Functional recovery after cortical resection is determin ...
... cus in the superior frontal gyrus. We believe that our cases had type IIb FCD because of characteristic MR imaging features. Only a part of the lesion was given for histopathological study, and balloon cells were likely missed in the specimen. Functional recovery after cortical resection is determin ...
Extended Definition of Anger
... The primitive, physiological “humors” theory that persisted from antiquity through the Renaissance and explained emotions as “passions” should have called into question the idea that anger per se could be deemed sinful. After all, if a person was disposed to choler because of an imbalance in body ch ...
... The primitive, physiological “humors” theory that persisted from antiquity through the Renaissance and explained emotions as “passions” should have called into question the idea that anger per se could be deemed sinful. After all, if a person was disposed to choler because of an imbalance in body ch ...
ling411-19-Learning - OWL-Space
... particular type of knowledge Within this general area the learning-based proximity factors select a more narrowly defined location Thus the exact localization depends on experience of the individual When part of the system is damaged, learning-based factors can take over and result in an abnor ...
... particular type of knowledge Within this general area the learning-based proximity factors select a more narrowly defined location Thus the exact localization depends on experience of the individual When part of the system is damaged, learning-based factors can take over and result in an abnor ...
Wrinkles, Wormholes, and Hamlet
... but rather through them we experience a structured world full of patterns and qualities” (132). We do not experience maps, rather we experience what the maps make it possible to perceive. In Hamlet’s Heirs, Charnes argues that, pace Bruno Latour, we have never been Modern and we were never Early Mo ...
... but rather through them we experience a structured world full of patterns and qualities” (132). We do not experience maps, rather we experience what the maps make it possible to perceive. In Hamlet’s Heirs, Charnes argues that, pace Bruno Latour, we have never been Modern and we were never Early Mo ...
Neuropsychologia Hippocampal activation during episodic and
... in hippocampal and adjacent MTL structures. For example, Maguire, Frackowiak, and Frith (1997) reported activation in parahippocampal gyrus when experienced London taxi-drivers were required to find novel routes from one location to another when familiar routes were blocked. Few neuroimaging studies, ...
... in hippocampal and adjacent MTL structures. For example, Maguire, Frackowiak, and Frith (1997) reported activation in parahippocampal gyrus when experienced London taxi-drivers were required to find novel routes from one location to another when familiar routes were blocked. Few neuroimaging studies, ...
The Study of the Nervous System in Psychology
... information from the nervous system to muscles and glands. Interneurons connect sensory and motor neurons, carrying messages between the two. The peripheral nervous system branches out from the spinal cord and brain and reaches the extremities of the body. Made up of neurons with long axons and dend ...
... information from the nervous system to muscles and glands. Interneurons connect sensory and motor neurons, carrying messages between the two. The peripheral nervous system branches out from the spinal cord and brain and reaches the extremities of the body. Made up of neurons with long axons and dend ...
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... information from the nervous system to muscles and glands. Interneurons connect sensory and motor neurons, carrying messages between the two. The peripheral nervous system branches out from the spinal cord and brain and reaches the extremities of the body. Made up of neurons with long axons and dend ...
... information from the nervous system to muscles and glands. Interneurons connect sensory and motor neurons, carrying messages between the two. The peripheral nervous system branches out from the spinal cord and brain and reaches the extremities of the body. Made up of neurons with long axons and dend ...