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Cognitive Training Enhances Intrinsic Brain Connectivity in Childhood
... (Gazzaley and Nobre, 2012). Similar functional interactions have been implicated in working memory performance during childhood (Astle et al., 2014; Barnes et al., 2015). However, the extent to which the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying efficient working memory performance can be modified by ...
... (Gazzaley and Nobre, 2012). Similar functional interactions have been implicated in working memory performance during childhood (Astle et al., 2014; Barnes et al., 2015). However, the extent to which the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying efficient working memory performance can be modified by ...
Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia: Neurobiology
... What is behind the dismal functional outcomes in this population? The answer that has emerged from dozens of studies over the past 2 decades resurrects what used to be a key tenet in the description of schizophrenia: cognitive impairment. 2,6-8 Cognition, defined as the ability to plan, attend to st ...
... What is behind the dismal functional outcomes in this population? The answer that has emerged from dozens of studies over the past 2 decades resurrects what used to be a key tenet in the description of schizophrenia: cognitive impairment. 2,6-8 Cognition, defined as the ability to plan, attend to st ...
The Potential of Treating Alzheimer`s disease with Intranasal Light
... Irradiating the brain from outside the skull should get light energy to the neurons in the neocortex as they are located close to the light source. Recent research, using laboratory mice, supports transcranial light therapy’s potential for treating stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disea ...
... Irradiating the brain from outside the skull should get light energy to the neurons in the neocortex as they are located close to the light source. Recent research, using laboratory mice, supports transcranial light therapy’s potential for treating stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disea ...
TINS04
... Researchers typically attempt to characterise dyslexia at the genetic, neurobiological and cognitive levels of description, and to uncover causal pathways between the different levels. One notable aspect of dyslexia that puzzles theorists and causes much confusion is the variety of symptoms that are ...
... Researchers typically attempt to characterise dyslexia at the genetic, neurobiological and cognitive levels of description, and to uncover causal pathways between the different levels. One notable aspect of dyslexia that puzzles theorists and causes much confusion is the variety of symptoms that are ...
When Is an Adolescent an Adult? - Waisman Laboratory for Brain
... An individual is typically considered an adult at age 18, although the age of adulthood varies for different legal and social policies. A key question is how cognitive capacities relevant to these policies change with development. The current study used an emotional go/no-go paradigm and functional ...
... An individual is typically considered an adult at age 18, although the age of adulthood varies for different legal and social policies. A key question is how cognitive capacities relevant to these policies change with development. The current study used an emotional go/no-go paradigm and functional ...
2016 Research Grant Directory
... changes in response to the initial injury and how these changes cause lasting detrimental effects on mental function and behavior. Research has shown that large brain networks are affected by injury, even in cases of focal head trauma. This is because brain areas are highly interconnected. Indeed, c ...
... changes in response to the initial injury and how these changes cause lasting detrimental effects on mental function and behavior. Research has shown that large brain networks are affected by injury, even in cases of focal head trauma. This is because brain areas are highly interconnected. Indeed, c ...
Infant Brain Development
... less-developed senses at birth such as hearing and vision. As with the other senses, infants need “smell experience” to develop a good sense of smell. How do we know this? In a study involving rats who were prohibited from smelling after birth (they had one nostril closed off), it was found that the ...
... less-developed senses at birth such as hearing and vision. As with the other senses, infants need “smell experience” to develop a good sense of smell. How do we know this? In a study involving rats who were prohibited from smelling after birth (they had one nostril closed off), it was found that the ...
Essential circuits of cognition: The brain`s basic operations
... twofold: i) formal explanation of the mechanisms underlying human (and animal) intelligence and ii) construction of powerful intelligent artifacts based on those mechanisms. The latter engineering goal may pragmatically benefit from the former scientific one: extant face recognition systems and auto ...
... twofold: i) formal explanation of the mechanisms underlying human (and animal) intelligence and ii) construction of powerful intelligent artifacts based on those mechanisms. The latter engineering goal may pragmatically benefit from the former scientific one: extant face recognition systems and auto ...
Comparative Medicine - Laboratory Animal Boards Study Group
... Hubbard et al. Effect of Dietary Iron on Fetal Growth in Pregnant Mice, pp. 127-135 Domain 3; TT3.3 SUMMARY: Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder of humans world wide. Iron-deficiency anemia during pregnancy is associated with adverse effects on fetal development, including low bi ...
... Hubbard et al. Effect of Dietary Iron on Fetal Growth in Pregnant Mice, pp. 127-135 Domain 3; TT3.3 SUMMARY: Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder of humans world wide. Iron-deficiency anemia during pregnancy is associated with adverse effects on fetal development, including low bi ...
Consciousness, Emotion, and Imagination: A Brain
... logue adjudicates the competition between each executable action and, using a winner-takes-all strategy, selects the most salient for possible execution. While the salience of the selected action falls below a given threshold it is held on veto, but as soon as its salience exceeds that threshold it ...
... logue adjudicates the competition between each executable action and, using a winner-takes-all strategy, selects the most salient for possible execution. While the salience of the selected action falls below a given threshold it is held on veto, but as soon as its salience exceeds that threshold it ...
PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS CATALYST FOR COLLABORATION AT EAST CAROLINA: TODAY AND TOMORROW
... involving its extracellular (EC) domain. The EC domain can be cleaved in normal brain by a disintegrin and metalloprotease ADAM10, releasing a soluble fragment that acts as a dominant negative to perturb NCAM function. Ectodomain shedding of NCAM in neurons is normally regulated by tyrosine kinase a ...
... involving its extracellular (EC) domain. The EC domain can be cleaved in normal brain by a disintegrin and metalloprotease ADAM10, releasing a soluble fragment that acts as a dominant negative to perturb NCAM function. Ectodomain shedding of NCAM in neurons is normally regulated by tyrosine kinase a ...
A November, 2003 paper on the Pavlovian roots of the approach
... Pavlov, I suggest, 'saved the appearances' inasmuch as he was interested not only in observing the drops of saliva elicited by the bell conditional stimulus (CS) as a function of its being paired with the food unconditional stimulus (US), but also much more complex psychological phenomena such as ne ...
... Pavlov, I suggest, 'saved the appearances' inasmuch as he was interested not only in observing the drops of saliva elicited by the bell conditional stimulus (CS) as a function of its being paired with the food unconditional stimulus (US), but also much more complex psychological phenomena such as ne ...
Mercury and the Developing Brain
... effects. These effects include poor performance on neurobehavioral tests, particularly on tests of attention, fine motor function, language, visual-spatial abilities (e.g., drawing) and memory. These children will likely have to struggle to keep up in school and might require remedial classes or spe ...
... effects. These effects include poor performance on neurobehavioral tests, particularly on tests of attention, fine motor function, language, visual-spatial abilities (e.g., drawing) and memory. These children will likely have to struggle to keep up in school and might require remedial classes or spe ...
5_ettema - CIAO! Network
... Quality of produced products are constantly monitored. This is done by certain product properties to be considered as quality variables and to measure their values periodically. Variation in the values of quality variables is considered as indicator for control. (high variation = less control) < Int ...
... Quality of produced products are constantly monitored. This is done by certain product properties to be considered as quality variables and to measure their values periodically. Variation in the values of quality variables is considered as indicator for control. (high variation = less control) < Int ...
File - cbcpsychology
... between males & females. E.g. alcohol may more effect on female reaction time, because males (on average) have a higher body mass. So if a control group had proportionally more females and the experimental group had proportionally more males, then gender could be a confounding, because it is uncerta ...
... between males & females. E.g. alcohol may more effect on female reaction time, because males (on average) have a higher body mass. So if a control group had proportionally more females and the experimental group had proportionally more males, then gender could be a confounding, because it is uncerta ...
Pyrokinin peptides` effect on the stomatogastric nervous system in
... lobster, central pattern generators control the behavior of muscles in its foregut, which allows the digestion of a variety of food types. The stomatogastric ganglion (STG) is a bundle of about thirty neurons in the foregut of American lobsters. It has been studied extensively since each one of the ...
... lobster, central pattern generators control the behavior of muscles in its foregut, which allows the digestion of a variety of food types. The stomatogastric ganglion (STG) is a bundle of about thirty neurons in the foregut of American lobsters. It has been studied extensively since each one of the ...
PDF - 6 pages - Scholastic Heads Up
... changes in a person’s brain structure as a result of using drugs. Functional MRIs [fMRI] show that teens may focus more on rewards and less on risks when making decisions—which can increase risks for using drugs. PET scans have shown how using drugs can cause changes in the way brain cells function. ...
... changes in a person’s brain structure as a result of using drugs. Functional MRIs [fMRI] show that teens may focus more on rewards and less on risks when making decisions—which can increase risks for using drugs. PET scans have shown how using drugs can cause changes in the way brain cells function. ...
The plasticity of human maternal brain: longitudinal changes in brain anatomy during the early postpartum period
... & Ivy, 2000; Fleming & Korsmit, 1996; Kinsley et al., 1999; Lonstein, Simmons, Swann, & Stern, 1998; Xerri et al., 1994). Based on these animal studies, it is reasonable to expect that similar structural changes occur in the brain of human mothers during the early postpartum period. However, this hy ...
... & Ivy, 2000; Fleming & Korsmit, 1996; Kinsley et al., 1999; Lonstein, Simmons, Swann, & Stern, 1998; Xerri et al., 1994). Based on these animal studies, it is reasonable to expect that similar structural changes occur in the brain of human mothers during the early postpartum period. However, this hy ...
the gut-brain axis and appetite control - e
... of an extra 1kg a year or >50kg over the average adult lifespan.4 ...
... of an extra 1kg a year or >50kg over the average adult lifespan.4 ...
PPT
... Usually, image processing results in one or more new images that contain specific information on relevant features of the input image. The information in the output images is arranged in the same way as in the input image. For example, in the upper left corner in the output images we find informatio ...
... Usually, image processing results in one or more new images that contain specific information on relevant features of the input image. The information in the output images is arranged in the same way as in the input image. For example, in the upper left corner in the output images we find informatio ...
A Neural Model of Rule Generation in Inductive Reasoning
... are either (a) born with, or (b) learn earlier in life, a library of rules. During the RPM, these preexisting rules are then applied to the current inductive problem. Hunt described this theory as early as 1973 and also pointed out the necessary conclusion of this explanation: If RPM performance is ...
... are either (a) born with, or (b) learn earlier in life, a library of rules. During the RPM, these preexisting rules are then applied to the current inductive problem. Hunt described this theory as early as 1973 and also pointed out the necessary conclusion of this explanation: If RPM performance is ...
another study guide
... example - most people recognize a picture faster and more accurately when it is flashed to the right hemisphere. But they recognize a word faster and more accurately when it is flashed to the left hemisphere. If a word is flashed to your right hemisphere, perception takes a fraction of a second long ...
... example - most people recognize a picture faster and more accurately when it is flashed to the right hemisphere. But they recognize a word faster and more accurately when it is flashed to the left hemisphere. If a word is flashed to your right hemisphere, perception takes a fraction of a second long ...
Cognitive Mapping of Organic Vegetable Production in Flanders to
... influencing factors could be revealed. In a second step the interviews were coded using Nvivo 9 software. Coding consisted of identifying key elements and influencing factors as nodes. The relations between key elements and influencing factors were coded as well. Triangulation was achieved by coding ...
... influencing factors could be revealed. In a second step the interviews were coded using Nvivo 9 software. Coding consisted of identifying key elements and influencing factors as nodes. The relations between key elements and influencing factors were coded as well. Triangulation was achieved by coding ...
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders
... medication in and of itself either support or negate the need for accommodation(s). Alternative Diagnoses or Explanations Must Be Ruled Out The evaluator must investigate and discuss the possibility of dual diagnoses, and alternative or co-existing mood, behavioral, neurological, and/or personality ...
... medication in and of itself either support or negate the need for accommodation(s). Alternative Diagnoses or Explanations Must Be Ruled Out The evaluator must investigate and discuss the possibility of dual diagnoses, and alternative or co-existing mood, behavioral, neurological, and/or personality ...
Significant Mirrorings in the Process of Teaching and Learning
... knowledge, attributing it to the presence of a neural mechanism of mirroring that involves the motor area of the brain were presented. The mirroring mechanism, mapping our intentional relations with things and others, would acquire a fundamental role in our understanding of the world and in the way ...
... knowledge, attributing it to the presence of a neural mechanism of mirroring that involves the motor area of the brain were presented. The mirroring mechanism, mapping our intentional relations with things and others, would acquire a fundamental role in our understanding of the world and in the way ...