The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders
... Parietal Lobes - involved in sensory and tactile functioning as well as visual spatial orientation. The posterior portion of the inferior parietal lobe represents the interface of occipital, temporal, and parietal lobe junctions. This is where many higher order or tertiary functions take place and t ...
... Parietal Lobes - involved in sensory and tactile functioning as well as visual spatial orientation. The posterior portion of the inferior parietal lobe represents the interface of occipital, temporal, and parietal lobe junctions. This is where many higher order or tertiary functions take place and t ...
Figure 14.20 Origins of the Cranial Nerves
... The limbic system, or motivational system, includes: • Amygdaloid body- Basal nucleus that acts as an interface between the limbic system, cerebrum, and sensory systems. ...
... The limbic system, or motivational system, includes: • Amygdaloid body- Basal nucleus that acts as an interface between the limbic system, cerebrum, and sensory systems. ...
The endogenously active brain - William Bechtel
... These cognitive architectures typically adopt a reactive perspective on the mind/brain. Cognitive activity is assumed to begin with the presentation of a task or stimulus, which is represented and the represe ...
... These cognitive architectures typically adopt a reactive perspective on the mind/brain. Cognitive activity is assumed to begin with the presentation of a task or stimulus, which is represented and the represe ...
New Insights on Neural Basis of Choice
... structures include the prefrontal cortex (orbitofrontal cortex, ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex), striatum, amygdala, insular cortex and cingulate cortex. However, it is still unclear how those brain regions interact with each other to collectively process choice. In this review, I h ...
... structures include the prefrontal cortex (orbitofrontal cortex, ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex), striatum, amygdala, insular cortex and cingulate cortex. However, it is still unclear how those brain regions interact with each other to collectively process choice. In this review, I h ...
cerebral cortex - Global Anatomy Home Page
... communicate with each other when the fibers connecting them are severed. Since sensory information normally impinges on both ears, both eyes, etc., this does not usually present a problem. In experimental situations where information is presented only to one hemisphere, however, these people are fou ...
... communicate with each other when the fibers connecting them are severed. Since sensory information normally impinges on both ears, both eyes, etc., this does not usually present a problem. In experimental situations where information is presented only to one hemisphere, however, these people are fou ...
Timing of Impulses From the Central Amygdala and Bed Nucleus of
... test, P ⬍ 0.02). However, the likelihood of observing BLevoked orthodromic responses was similar for CE neurons with short versus long conduction times to the brain stem (Fisher exact test, P ⬎ 0.15). As shown in the representative examples of Fig. 4, A1 and A2, CE cells generally responded with a p ...
... test, P ⬍ 0.02). However, the likelihood of observing BLevoked orthodromic responses was similar for CE neurons with short versus long conduction times to the brain stem (Fisher exact test, P ⬎ 0.15). As shown in the representative examples of Fig. 4, A1 and A2, CE cells generally responded with a p ...
CNS (Ch12)
... • Sorts, edits, and relays information – Afferent impulses from all senses and all parts of the body – Impulses from the hypothalamus for regulation of emotion and visceral function – Impulses from the cerebellum to help direct the motor ...
... • Sorts, edits, and relays information – Afferent impulses from all senses and all parts of the body – Impulses from the hypothalamus for regulation of emotion and visceral function – Impulses from the cerebellum to help direct the motor ...
Dissociable Functions in the Medial and Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex
... Nevertheless a choice must be made. If feedback is available to indicate whether or not one’s previous responses were correct, a ‘gambling’ strategy can be adopted by which responses can be made on the basis of which one seems most likely to be ‘lucky’. This feeling of luck is presumably based on th ...
... Nevertheless a choice must be made. If feedback is available to indicate whether or not one’s previous responses were correct, a ‘gambling’ strategy can be adopted by which responses can be made on the basis of which one seems most likely to be ‘lucky’. This feeling of luck is presumably based on th ...
The Role of Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Decision Making
... Each participant chose from the same foods and colors, but compared different sets of people. This was necessary to ensure that the people were familiar to each subject. For the ‘‘people’’ section of the task, subjects first sorted a larger set of photographs into those they recognized and those they ...
... Each participant chose from the same foods and colors, but compared different sets of people. This was necessary to ensure that the people were familiar to each subject. For the ‘‘people’’ section of the task, subjects first sorted a larger set of photographs into those they recognized and those they ...
International Journal of Advance Research in Computer Science
... Volume 1, Issue 4, September 2013 pg. 83-89 How EEG Work? Here, instead of a central nervous system, there are decentralized nerve nets where sensory neurons communicate with motor neurons by electric signals. This communication can be seen as a logic circuit where some action is done if signals fro ...
... Volume 1, Issue 4, September 2013 pg. 83-89 How EEG Work? Here, instead of a central nervous system, there are decentralized nerve nets where sensory neurons communicate with motor neurons by electric signals. This communication can be seen as a logic circuit where some action is done if signals fro ...
Representation in the Human Brain of Food Texture and Oral Fat
... subjects were able to efficiently discriminate between different viscosities and, second, that increased viscosity was a major determinant in perceived fat content. [The subjective thickness ratings for fat (which had a viscosity of 50 cP), CMC at 1000 cP, CMC at 50 cP, tasteless solution, and su- F ...
... subjects were able to efficiently discriminate between different viscosities and, second, that increased viscosity was a major determinant in perceived fat content. [The subjective thickness ratings for fat (which had a viscosity of 50 cP), CMC at 1000 cP, CMC at 50 cP, tasteless solution, and su- F ...
Children's intellectual ability is associated with structural network integrity
... small-world (high-clustering with shorter paths) network. The extent to which a given network forms a small-world network (σ) was computed as a ratio of clustering coefficient and characteristic path length. Because some network measures (i.e., clustering coefficient, characteristic path length, and s ...
... small-world (high-clustering with shorter paths) network. The extent to which a given network forms a small-world network (σ) was computed as a ratio of clustering coefficient and characteristic path length. Because some network measures (i.e., clustering coefficient, characteristic path length, and s ...
Cortical mechanisms of sensory learning and object recognition
... Figure 1. (Opposite.) (a) Schematic of tuning curves for systematically varying face or object stimuli. Each black curve shown below reflects the relative change in firing rate for a given neuron that is elicited by the stimuli depicted above. The neuron leading to the far left curve would be said t ...
... Figure 1. (Opposite.) (a) Schematic of tuning curves for systematically varying face or object stimuli. Each black curve shown below reflects the relative change in firing rate for a given neuron that is elicited by the stimuli depicted above. The neuron leading to the far left curve would be said t ...
4.a. the trigeminal system
... 3. Diagram the corneal reflex: the afferent and efferent limbs as well as nuclei involved in the brainstem. 4. If a person does not blink, how would you determine if the problem were in the sensory (afferent) limb, motor (efferent) limb, or brainstem interconnections for the corneal reflex? 5. Expla ...
... 3. Diagram the corneal reflex: the afferent and efferent limbs as well as nuclei involved in the brainstem. 4. If a person does not blink, how would you determine if the problem were in the sensory (afferent) limb, motor (efferent) limb, or brainstem interconnections for the corneal reflex? 5. Expla ...
Brains, Bodies, and Behavior
... Shortly after finishing the painting, Adams began to experience behavioral problems, including increased difficulty speaking. Neuroimages of Adams’s brain taken during this time show that regions in the front part of her brain, which are normally associated with language processing, had begun to det ...
... Shortly after finishing the painting, Adams began to experience behavioral problems, including increased difficulty speaking. Neuroimages of Adams’s brain taken during this time show that regions in the front part of her brain, which are normally associated with language processing, had begun to det ...
Cross-Modal Transfer of Information between the Tactile
... found in the left postcentral gyrus, left superior parietal lobule, and right cerebellum. Finally, fields active in both TV–VV and TV–TT were considered as those involved in cross-modal transfer of information. One field was found, situated in the right insula–claustrum. This region has been shown t ...
... found in the left postcentral gyrus, left superior parietal lobule, and right cerebellum. Finally, fields active in both TV–VV and TV–TT were considered as those involved in cross-modal transfer of information. One field was found, situated in the right insula–claustrum. This region has been shown t ...
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
... paired associates and retrieved the other pair member associated with each cue picture. Before the monkeys learned the task, the AC was surgically transected (Fig. 1 A and B) just to the right of the midline (arrow in Fig. 1B). The septal nuclei, the fornix, and the underlying diencephalic structure ...
... paired associates and retrieved the other pair member associated with each cue picture. Before the monkeys learned the task, the AC was surgically transected (Fig. 1 A and B) just to the right of the midline (arrow in Fig. 1B). The septal nuclei, the fornix, and the underlying diencephalic structure ...
Science - Princeton University
... Inferotemporal Cortex of the Monkey Abstract. Neurons in iizferotemporal cortex (area T E ) o f the monkey had visual receptive fielcls which were very large (greclter than 10 by 10 degrees) and alnzost alwciys iizcluded the fovea. Some extended well into both halves o f the visual fielcl, while oth ...
... Inferotemporal Cortex of the Monkey Abstract. Neurons in iizferotemporal cortex (area T E ) o f the monkey had visual receptive fielcls which were very large (greclter than 10 by 10 degrees) and alnzost alwciys iizcluded the fovea. Some extended well into both halves o f the visual fielcl, while oth ...
What can cognitive psychology and sensory evaluation learn from
... the case of Mr. I. described by Sacks (1995). Mr. I was an abstract painter who liked to use color. After a stroke destroyed essentially a small brain region in the occipital lobe called V4, Mr. I. lost all perception and memory for colors. His world became grey. This illustrates that V4 is the brai ...
... the case of Mr. I. described by Sacks (1995). Mr. I was an abstract painter who liked to use color. After a stroke destroyed essentially a small brain region in the occipital lobe called V4, Mr. I. lost all perception and memory for colors. His world became grey. This illustrates that V4 is the brai ...
Superior digit memory of abacus experts
... utilized in the digit span memory task, because it may be more efficient to mentally manipulate large numbers using a spatial representation than a sequentially organized phonological representation. It may be that these processes involve the bilateral frontal–parietal areas, which have important ro ...
... utilized in the digit span memory task, because it may be more efficient to mentally manipulate large numbers using a spatial representation than a sequentially organized phonological representation. It may be that these processes involve the bilateral frontal–parietal areas, which have important ro ...
somatosensory area i
... – Sensory signals from all modalities - Posterior – Anterior half parietal Lobe – Somatosensory signals – Reception and Interpretation – Posterior half – Still higher levels of interpretation ...
... – Sensory signals from all modalities - Posterior – Anterior half parietal Lobe – Somatosensory signals – Reception and Interpretation – Posterior half – Still higher levels of interpretation ...
FINAL-FTDMulticenterStudy_R - ORBi
... Moreover, several neuroimaging studies have shown that this kind of task activates orbitofrontal regions in normal subjects [33-35]. These findings might be relevant to understanding the behavioral changes in FTD patients: disinhibition might correspond to an inability to adapt one’s behavior to cha ...
... Moreover, several neuroimaging studies have shown that this kind of task activates orbitofrontal regions in normal subjects [33-35]. These findings might be relevant to understanding the behavioral changes in FTD patients: disinhibition might correspond to an inability to adapt one’s behavior to cha ...
Single nucleotide polymorphism in the neuroplastin locus
... effects in the left and right hemispheres indicate that these values are higher for the left hemisphere, suggesting that the languagedominant left cerebral cortex may be under stronger genetic control than the right cortex.8 Second, age-related differences in the heritability of cortical thickness i ...
... effects in the left and right hemispheres indicate that these values are higher for the left hemisphere, suggesting that the languagedominant left cerebral cortex may be under stronger genetic control than the right cortex.8 Second, age-related differences in the heritability of cortical thickness i ...
PDF - Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press
... neural activity in bilateral occipitotemporal cortex following both nameable and nonsense object repetition. In addition, decreases in left inferior frontal activity were obser ved concurrent with increases in left insula activity only for nameable objects. Importantly, while in posterior regions ch ...
... neural activity in bilateral occipitotemporal cortex following both nameable and nonsense object repetition. In addition, decreases in left inferior frontal activity were obser ved concurrent with increases in left insula activity only for nameable objects. Importantly, while in posterior regions ch ...
An Optogenetic Approach to Understanding the Neural Circuits of Fear
... known to be activated during specific time periods of fear conditioning (example, CS or US periods), but in most cases, their temporally limited, functional role in behavior and neural processing is unknown. In addition, within specific areas of the fear circuit, there are neuronal subpopulations (s ...
... known to be activated during specific time periods of fear conditioning (example, CS or US periods), but in most cases, their temporally limited, functional role in behavior and neural processing is unknown. In addition, within specific areas of the fear circuit, there are neuronal subpopulations (s ...