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... a. Windows on the Brain i. Sensing Brains Waves with the EEG o Figure 2.11 Windows on the Mind (p. 67) ii. Mapping the Brain with Electric Probes iii. Computerized Brain Scans iv. Which Scanning Method is Best? b. Three Layers of the Brain o Figure 2.12 Major Structures of the Brain (p. 69) i. The B ...
... a. Windows on the Brain i. Sensing Brains Waves with the EEG o Figure 2.11 Windows on the Mind (p. 67) ii. Mapping the Brain with Electric Probes iii. Computerized Brain Scans iv. Which Scanning Method is Best? b. Three Layers of the Brain o Figure 2.12 Major Structures of the Brain (p. 69) i. The B ...
A Symmetric Approach Elucidates Multisensory Information Integration
... interactions occur at all temporal and spatial stages [29]. The content of the single neuronal outputs turns out to be increasingly complex. The functional wheel has come full circle when the highest polymodal areas send feedback messages to the primary sensory cortices. From now on, a ceaseless pat ...
... interactions occur at all temporal and spatial stages [29]. The content of the single neuronal outputs turns out to be increasingly complex. The functional wheel has come full circle when the highest polymodal areas send feedback messages to the primary sensory cortices. From now on, a ceaseless pat ...
Axonal integrity predicts cortical reorganisation following cervical injury
... changes in CST relate to macroscopic changes (ie, cord area)? (3) Is a reduction in CST integrity associated with changes in cortical motor function? Microstructural changes can be quantified using diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI); a technique that provides in vivo information about tissue microstructu ...
... changes in CST relate to macroscopic changes (ie, cord area)? (3) Is a reduction in CST integrity associated with changes in cortical motor function? Microstructural changes can be quantified using diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI); a technique that provides in vivo information about tissue microstructu ...
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... communicate directly without sending chemical messengers. Their operation has not been fully understood by researchers. Plasticity The brain can adapt or modify itself, a process known as plasticity. Plasticity helps to account for the brain’s ability to compensate for injury. It also accoun ...
... communicate directly without sending chemical messengers. Their operation has not been fully understood by researchers. Plasticity The brain can adapt or modify itself, a process known as plasticity. Plasticity helps to account for the brain’s ability to compensate for injury. It also accoun ...
How the prefrontal executive got its stripes
... to the frontal cortex. All cortical areas project to the input nuclei of the basal ganglia (caudate and putamen) but only frontal cortices (motor, premotor and prefrontal) receive the output of the basal ganglia via the thalamus. The simplified diagram shows only the ‘direct’ pathway through the bas ...
... to the frontal cortex. All cortical areas project to the input nuclei of the basal ganglia (caudate and putamen) but only frontal cortices (motor, premotor and prefrontal) receive the output of the basal ganglia via the thalamus. The simplified diagram shows only the ‘direct’ pathway through the bas ...
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... one drinking-related problem were diagnosed with PTSD [25]. These striking co morbidity rates are reasons to question a large percentage of the published neurological and cognitive findings on the effects of these disorders in isolation. They further complicate the interpretation of the results by i ...
... one drinking-related problem were diagnosed with PTSD [25]. These striking co morbidity rates are reasons to question a large percentage of the published neurological and cognitive findings on the effects of these disorders in isolation. They further complicate the interpretation of the results by i ...
The major symptom dimensions of obsessive
... regressors. In addition, to control for potentially confounding variables, we repeated all analyses including age, sex and total YBOCS scores as covariates. Since cluster-based statistics are invalid due to non-stationarity of VBM data (Mechelli et al., 2005), we adopted an a priori voxel-based thre ...
... regressors. In addition, to control for potentially confounding variables, we repeated all analyses including age, sex and total YBOCS scores as covariates. Since cluster-based statistics are invalid due to non-stationarity of VBM data (Mechelli et al., 2005), we adopted an a priori voxel-based thre ...
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... • Plasticity is greatest in young children within whom the hemispheres are not yet completely lateralized. • Aging eventually leads to a reduction in the number of synapses. • Aging is also associated with a loss of gray matter in the cerebellum. This may be the underlying cause of balance problems ...
... • Plasticity is greatest in young children within whom the hemispheres are not yet completely lateralized. • Aging eventually leads to a reduction in the number of synapses. • Aging is also associated with a loss of gray matter in the cerebellum. This may be the underlying cause of balance problems ...
A simultaneous ERP/fMRI investigation of the P300 aging effect
... al., 2008; Solbakk et al., 2008). Because elderly participants are typically found to perform the oddball task at a comparable level with younger participants, the differences in P300 topography have been proposed to represent the compensatory activation of additional neural networks. Fabiani et al. ...
... al., 2008; Solbakk et al., 2008). Because elderly participants are typically found to perform the oddball task at a comparable level with younger participants, the differences in P300 topography have been proposed to represent the compensatory activation of additional neural networks. Fabiani et al. ...
Wernicke`s area homologue in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and
... Human language is distinctive compared with the communication systems of other species. Yet, several questions concerning its emergence and evolution remain unresolved. As a means of evaluating the neuroanatomical changes relevant to language that accompanied divergence from the last common ancestor ...
... Human language is distinctive compared with the communication systems of other species. Yet, several questions concerning its emergence and evolution remain unresolved. As a means of evaluating the neuroanatomical changes relevant to language that accompanied divergence from the last common ancestor ...
2/ the biological perspective - College Test bank
... about “the brain.” The cerebrum processes thought, vision, language, memory, and emotions, and is the most recently evolved part of the nervous system. (See Figure 2-8 on text page 55.) The Cerebral Cortex – a thin, convoluted layer of gray matter that covers both hemispheres of the brain, complet ...
... about “the brain.” The cerebrum processes thought, vision, language, memory, and emotions, and is the most recently evolved part of the nervous system. (See Figure 2-8 on text page 55.) The Cerebral Cortex – a thin, convoluted layer of gray matter that covers both hemispheres of the brain, complet ...
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... about “the brain.” The cerebrum processes thought, vision, language, memory, and emotions, and is the most recently evolved part of the nervous system. (See Figure 2-8 on text page 55.) The Cerebral Cortex – a thin, convoluted layer of gray matter that covers both hemispheres of the brain, complet ...
... about “the brain.” The cerebrum processes thought, vision, language, memory, and emotions, and is the most recently evolved part of the nervous system. (See Figure 2-8 on text page 55.) The Cerebral Cortex – a thin, convoluted layer of gray matter that covers both hemispheres of the brain, complet ...
Age-related changes in processing speed: unique contributions of
... comparisons. Because specific patterns of gray matter covariance have been related spatially to patterns of activation in functional networks (Honey et al., 2007; Bullmore and Sporns, 2009), SBM provides the opportunity to determine the extent to which variation in gray matter across the source or c ...
... comparisons. Because specific patterns of gray matter covariance have been related spatially to patterns of activation in functional networks (Honey et al., 2007; Bullmore and Sporns, 2009), SBM provides the opportunity to determine the extent to which variation in gray matter across the source or c ...
Brain stem representation of thermal and psychogenic sweating in
... animal studies, is that thermal sweating depends ultimately on the anterior hypothalamus/preoptic area (18, 34, 50, 51), while psychogenic sweating is believed to be driven from the forebrain (21, 44). Clues to the regions of the human brain involved in psychogenic sweating can be found in imaging s ...
... animal studies, is that thermal sweating depends ultimately on the anterior hypothalamus/preoptic area (18, 34, 50, 51), while psychogenic sweating is believed to be driven from the forebrain (21, 44). Clues to the regions of the human brain involved in psychogenic sweating can be found in imaging s ...
HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION IN AN ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT^
... beings should have /zrro'^^ increasingly large brains ...
... beings should have /zrro'^^ increasingly large brains ...
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... Plasticity is greatest in young children within whom the hemispheres are not yet completely lateralized. Aging eventually leads to a reduction in the number of synapses. Aging is also associated with a loss of gray matter in the cerebellum. This may be the underlying cause of balance problems ...
... Plasticity is greatest in young children within whom the hemispheres are not yet completely lateralized. Aging eventually leads to a reduction in the number of synapses. Aging is also associated with a loss of gray matter in the cerebellum. This may be the underlying cause of balance problems ...
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... 36. Parietal lobes contain a. Primary motor cortex b. Primary sensory cortex c. Primary olfactory cortex d. Primary gustatory cortex 37. Part of the brain that prepares you for speaking and controls the muscles of speech: a. Werneke’s area, usually located in the left parietal and left temporal lob ...
... 36. Parietal lobes contain a. Primary motor cortex b. Primary sensory cortex c. Primary olfactory cortex d. Primary gustatory cortex 37. Part of the brain that prepares you for speaking and controls the muscles of speech: a. Werneke’s area, usually located in the left parietal and left temporal lob ...
Chapter 6 — Gross Anatomy of the Brain
... The brain, a bilaterally symmetric, soft, gelatinous structure surrounded by its meninges and enclosed in its bony cranium, is continuous with the spinal cord at the foramen magnum at the base of the skull. At birth the brain weighs less than 400 g, but by the beginning of the second year of life it ...
... The brain, a bilaterally symmetric, soft, gelatinous structure surrounded by its meninges and enclosed in its bony cranium, is continuous with the spinal cord at the foramen magnum at the base of the skull. At birth the brain weighs less than 400 g, but by the beginning of the second year of life it ...
Not all brains are created equal: The relevance of
... inhibition. Similarly, the baseline GABA concentration predicts the properties of the activationdependent hemodynamic response function (HRF), such that higher baseline inhibition is related to lower activity (Muthukumaraswamy et al., 2012). Furthermore, task-dependent activity in several different ...
... inhibition. Similarly, the baseline GABA concentration predicts the properties of the activationdependent hemodynamic response function (HRF), such that higher baseline inhibition is related to lower activity (Muthukumaraswamy et al., 2012). Furthermore, task-dependent activity in several different ...
Relationship between muscle output and functional MRI
... 1996; Thickbroom et al. 1998). Furthermore, electromyograms (EMG) have not been recorded concurrently with force and fMRI in any of these studies. Without EMG data, the muscle activation level cannot be assessed with high confidence based on force information alone, as joint force is determined by b ...
... 1996; Thickbroom et al. 1998). Furthermore, electromyograms (EMG) have not been recorded concurrently with force and fMRI in any of these studies. Without EMG data, the muscle activation level cannot be assessed with high confidence based on force information alone, as joint force is determined by b ...
Distinctive Personality Traits and Neural Correlates Associated with
... user types can be distinguished by traits of sensation-seeking (predicting the initiation of cocaine intake) and impulsivity (predicting the development of compulsive cocaine seeking and dependence) (8). Analogously, impulsive traits and ritualistic behavior tendencies in human cocaine users have be ...
... user types can be distinguished by traits of sensation-seeking (predicting the initiation of cocaine intake) and impulsivity (predicting the development of compulsive cocaine seeking and dependence) (8). Analogously, impulsive traits and ritualistic behavior tendencies in human cocaine users have be ...
Hasson-JNeurosci2008.. - Center for Neural Science
... second presentations of the original, forward movie (CF1:F2); the first and second presentations of the backward movie (CB1:B2); response to the forward movie and time-reversed response to the backward movie (CrB:F; F and B time courses were averaged across the two presentations); finally, as a cont ...
... second presentations of the original, forward movie (CF1:F2); the first and second presentations of the backward movie (CB1:B2); response to the forward movie and time-reversed response to the backward movie (CrB:F; F and B time courses were averaged across the two presentations); finally, as a cont ...
Time Related Effects on Functional Brain Connectivity After
... the acute influence of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram (30 mg) and the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor galantamine (8 mg) was repeatedly measured in 12 healthy young volunteers with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI). Eighteen RS-fMRI scans were acquir ...
... the acute influence of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram (30 mg) and the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor galantamine (8 mg) was repeatedly measured in 12 healthy young volunteers with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI). Eighteen RS-fMRI scans were acquir ...
How Is the Brain Organized?
... idea of how the nervous system functions, at least in a general way. That knowledge is the subject of this chapter. But before we turn our attention to the operation manual for the brain and the rest of the nervous system, let us examine what the brain is designed to do. Knowing the brain’s function ...
... idea of how the nervous system functions, at least in a general way. That knowledge is the subject of this chapter. But before we turn our attention to the operation manual for the brain and the rest of the nervous system, let us examine what the brain is designed to do. Knowing the brain’s function ...
How the body controls brain temperature: the temperature shielding
... penetrating into all brain structures, equilibrating brain and body temperature. As a result, brain temperature has very little dependence on brain metabolism [the maximum effect is less than 1°C (32)] and is primarily defined by the temperature of incoming arterial blood. This dependence, however, ...
... penetrating into all brain structures, equilibrating brain and body temperature. As a result, brain temperature has very little dependence on brain metabolism [the maximum effect is less than 1°C (32)] and is primarily defined by the temperature of incoming arterial blood. This dependence, however, ...