
Initiation of the arousal response
... the paper overall. The systems discussed here seem almost infinitely complex, with most neural circuit responses balanced by some sort of anti-response, in networks where loops of mutual interaction are the rule, so that it is rarely possible to say which processes are definitely upstream or downstr ...
... the paper overall. The systems discussed here seem almost infinitely complex, with most neural circuit responses balanced by some sort of anti-response, in networks where loops of mutual interaction are the rule, so that it is rarely possible to say which processes are definitely upstream or downstr ...
The Nervous System - Northwest ISD Moodle
... When sensory impulses are received it activates the cerebral cortex into wakefulness. Without this arousal, the cortex remains unaware of stimulation and cannot interpret information or carry out thought processes. Decreased activity results in sleep. Injury to it causes a person to be unconscious a ...
... When sensory impulses are received it activates the cerebral cortex into wakefulness. Without this arousal, the cortex remains unaware of stimulation and cannot interpret information or carry out thought processes. Decreased activity results in sleep. Injury to it causes a person to be unconscious a ...
Spring 2011 MCB Transcript
... nly recently have neuroscientists realized that our brains can grow and change in response to use and environment. This theory of brain plasticity fundamentally changes the way we understand the brain. Not long ago, we were all taught that brain cells don’t replicate, but we now know that brain cell ...
... nly recently have neuroscientists realized that our brains can grow and change in response to use and environment. This theory of brain plasticity fundamentally changes the way we understand the brain. Not long ago, we were all taught that brain cells don’t replicate, but we now know that brain cell ...
2008 Unit 3 Biological Bases of Behavior
... Simple Cognitive Mapping Students tend to pass over this diagram This activity is a quick and easy way to understand and review the chart Students make a blank diagram Students make post it notes of terms that go onto the diagram ...
... Simple Cognitive Mapping Students tend to pass over this diagram This activity is a quick and easy way to understand and review the chart Students make a blank diagram Students make post it notes of terms that go onto the diagram ...
a comparative study of the histological changes in cerebral
... where the excess amount of lead is being reported in the consumables and environment. Once ingested orally in the food, from the environment or in mother’s milk to infants the lead is slowly absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract [2] Inhalation or transdermal routes can also serve as the other forms ...
... where the excess amount of lead is being reported in the consumables and environment. Once ingested orally in the food, from the environment or in mother’s milk to infants the lead is slowly absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract [2] Inhalation or transdermal routes can also serve as the other forms ...
Chapter 2: Psychology As a Science
... Brain Side and Brain Size Both sides of the brain are involved in everything we do due to ...
... Brain Side and Brain Size Both sides of the brain are involved in everything we do due to ...
The “Conscious” Dorsal Stream - Università degli Studi di Parma
... The cortical circuit formed by area F4, which occupies the posterior sector of the ventral premotor cortex of the macaque monkey, and area VIP (Colby et al. 1993), which occupies the fundus of the intraparietal sulcus, is involved in the organization of head and arm actions in space. Single neuron s ...
... The cortical circuit formed by area F4, which occupies the posterior sector of the ventral premotor cortex of the macaque monkey, and area VIP (Colby et al. 1993), which occupies the fundus of the intraparietal sulcus, is involved in the organization of head and arm actions in space. Single neuron s ...
“Conscious” Dorsal Stream
... The cortical circuit formed by area F4, which occupies the posterior sector of the ventral premotor cortex of the macaque monkey, and area VIP (Colby et al. 1993), which occupies the fundus of the intraparietal sulcus, is involved in the organization of head and arm actions in space. Single neuron s ...
... The cortical circuit formed by area F4, which occupies the posterior sector of the ventral premotor cortex of the macaque monkey, and area VIP (Colby et al. 1993), which occupies the fundus of the intraparietal sulcus, is involved in the organization of head and arm actions in space. Single neuron s ...
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... transmission was primarily chemical or electric. By the 1950s, it was apparent that the communication between the neurons was chemical. During this period, some synapses showed what was termed gap junction or electrical transmission between neurons at the synapse. Recent research has shown that elec ...
... transmission was primarily chemical or electric. By the 1950s, it was apparent that the communication between the neurons was chemical. During this period, some synapses showed what was termed gap junction or electrical transmission between neurons at the synapse. Recent research has shown that elec ...
What drives the plasticity of brain tissues?
... physical activity, but neuronal activity} and learning are both involved in the behavioral events that appear to drive these processes, leads to the next natural question: what causes changes in neurons, glia and vasculature: Can we rule out artifactual causes such as hormonal or metabolic responses ...
... physical activity, but neuronal activity} and learning are both involved in the behavioral events that appear to drive these processes, leads to the next natural question: what causes changes in neurons, glia and vasculature: Can we rule out artifactual causes such as hormonal or metabolic responses ...
The Biology of Mind - American International School
... impulse, called the action potential—a brief electrical charge that travels down its axon. Depending on the type of fiber, a neural impulse travels at speeds ranging from a sluggish 2 miles per hour to a breakneck 180 miles per hour. But even this top speed is 3 million times slower than that of ele ...
... impulse, called the action potential—a brief electrical charge that travels down its axon. Depending on the type of fiber, a neural impulse travels at speeds ranging from a sluggish 2 miles per hour to a breakneck 180 miles per hour. But even this top speed is 3 million times slower than that of ele ...
Natural Antioxidants May Prevent Posttraumatic Epilepsy: A
... Anticonvulsant effects of NO have been documented results in chronic recurrent focal paroxysmal electroenceas well. Anticonvulsant effects have been reported in phalographic discharges as well as behavioral convulsions kainateinduced seizures[26-29]and PTZ limbic sei- [5-7]. Generally, epileptiformdis ...
... Anticonvulsant effects of NO have been documented results in chronic recurrent focal paroxysmal electroenceas well. Anticonvulsant effects have been reported in phalographic discharges as well as behavioral convulsions kainateinduced seizures[26-29]and PTZ limbic sei- [5-7]. Generally, epileptiformdis ...
Cerebellum: Movement Regulation and Cognitive Functions
... . Regulatory Functions of the Midline Cerebellum ...
... . Regulatory Functions of the Midline Cerebellum ...
Metabolic changes in schizophrenia and human brain evolution
... functions in model organisms and, clearly, conducting functional experiments on humans is not possible. An alternative approach to the study of human brain function is through the investigation of naturally occurring dysfunctions. Apart from their direct health applications, studies of human cogniti ...
... functions in model organisms and, clearly, conducting functional experiments on humans is not possible. An alternative approach to the study of human brain function is through the investigation of naturally occurring dysfunctions. Apart from their direct health applications, studies of human cogniti ...
Generative linguistics within the cognitive neuroscience of language
... controlled experimentation? My own opinion is that most of the generalizations concerning grammatical sound/meaning correspondences that are central to debates in the linguistic literature are solid and that little of the critical literature questioning generative linguistics challenges these empiri ...
... controlled experimentation? My own opinion is that most of the generalizations concerning grammatical sound/meaning correspondences that are central to debates in the linguistic literature are solid and that little of the critical literature questioning generative linguistics challenges these empiri ...
Paper by Daniel Romer (2010) "Adolescent Risk Taking,Impulsivity
... of the ventral striatum (Chambers et al., 2003; Spear, 2009). As already noted, this change encourages experimentation with novel (adult-like) behavior. However, rather than representing a structural deficit in frontal control, these risk-taking tendencies are argued to be more the result of normal ...
... of the ventral striatum (Chambers et al., 2003; Spear, 2009). As already noted, this change encourages experimentation with novel (adult-like) behavior. However, rather than representing a structural deficit in frontal control, these risk-taking tendencies are argued to be more the result of normal ...
CONSCIOUSNESS FROM NEURONS 1 Abstract. Consciousness
... cerebral hemispheres" (note the pronounced symmetry in the EEG of right and left striate cortex in Fig. 2). He tentatively proposed that the centrencephalic system might represent the highest level of cerebral activity. There are also suggestions that it functions principally in the control of senso ...
... cerebral hemispheres" (note the pronounced symmetry in the EEG of right and left striate cortex in Fig. 2). He tentatively proposed that the centrencephalic system might represent the highest level of cerebral activity. There are also suggestions that it functions principally in the control of senso ...
2. Organization of the Exam and Assessment Criteria
... 2. Baars B.J., Gage N.M. Cognition, brain, and consciousness: Introduction to cognitive neuroscience. Academic Press, 2010. 3. Cacioppo J.T., Tassinary L.G., Berntson G.G. Handbook of psychophysiology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 4. Gazzaniga M., Ivry R.B., Mangun G.R. Cognitive Neur ...
... 2. Baars B.J., Gage N.M. Cognition, brain, and consciousness: Introduction to cognitive neuroscience. Academic Press, 2010. 3. Cacioppo J.T., Tassinary L.G., Berntson G.G. Handbook of psychophysiology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 4. Gazzaniga M., Ivry R.B., Mangun G.R. Cognitive Neur ...
2. Organization of the Exam and Assessment Criteria
... 2. Baars B.J., Gage N.M. Cognition, brain, and consciousness: Introduction to cognitive neuroscience. Academic Press, 2010. 3. Cacioppo J.T., Tassinary L.G., Berntson G.G. Handbook of psychophysiology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 4. Gazzaniga M., Ivry R.B., Mangun G.R. Cognitive Neur ...
... 2. Baars B.J., Gage N.M. Cognition, brain, and consciousness: Introduction to cognitive neuroscience. Academic Press, 2010. 3. Cacioppo J.T., Tassinary L.G., Berntson G.G. Handbook of psychophysiology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 4. Gazzaniga M., Ivry R.B., Mangun G.R. Cognitive Neur ...
Drugs Acting on the Central and Peripheral Nervous
... specific neurotransmitter that it releases and the receptor site it activates. A nerve may produce only one type of neurotransmitter, using building blocks such as tyrosine or choline from the extracellular fluid, often absorbed from dietary sources. The neurotransmitter, packaged into vesicles, mov ...
... specific neurotransmitter that it releases and the receptor site it activates. A nerve may produce only one type of neurotransmitter, using building blocks such as tyrosine or choline from the extracellular fluid, often absorbed from dietary sources. The neurotransmitter, packaged into vesicles, mov ...
Alcoholism, Reduced Cortical Thickness
... Background: Chronic misuse of alcohol results in morphological damages to the brain, as revealed with post-mortem analyses and in vivo neuroimaging techniques. Abundant evidence from these different methodologies indicates that the effects of alcohol are widespread and include neuronal degeneration ...
... Background: Chronic misuse of alcohol results in morphological damages to the brain, as revealed with post-mortem analyses and in vivo neuroimaging techniques. Abundant evidence from these different methodologies indicates that the effects of alcohol are widespread and include neuronal degeneration ...
1 Platonic model of mind as an approximation to neurodynamics
... Although large body of empirical facts have been accumulated in cognitive psychology [2] so far only very few attempts that aim at a unified theory of cognition have been made. They came mostly from the artificial intelligence perspective. John Anderson’s series of ACT models 2 , developed by him an ...
... Although large body of empirical facts have been accumulated in cognitive psychology [2] so far only very few attempts that aim at a unified theory of cognition have been made. They came mostly from the artificial intelligence perspective. John Anderson’s series of ACT models 2 , developed by him an ...
General anatomy [edit]
... Superior to the obex is the floor of the 4th ventricle. In the floor of the 4th ventricle, various nuclei can be visualized by the small bumps that they make in the overlying tissue. In the midline and directly superior to the obex is the vagal trigone and superior to that it the hypoglossal trigone ...
... Superior to the obex is the floor of the 4th ventricle. In the floor of the 4th ventricle, various nuclei can be visualized by the small bumps that they make in the overlying tissue. In the midline and directly superior to the obex is the vagal trigone and superior to that it the hypoglossal trigone ...
Fact vs fiction—how paratextual information
... when participants evaluated real persons and concluded that real persons elicit more autobiographical memory retrieval as they have a higher personal relevance (see also Summerfield et al., 2009). However, as all those studies used slightly different materials across conditions, it cannot be exclude ...
... when participants evaluated real persons and concluded that real persons elicit more autobiographical memory retrieval as they have a higher personal relevance (see also Summerfield et al., 2009). However, as all those studies used slightly different materials across conditions, it cannot be exclude ...
Cognitive neuroscience

Cognitive neuroscience is an academic field concerned with the scientific study of biological substrates underlying cognition, with a specific focus on the neural substrates of mental processes. It addresses the questions of how psychological/cognitive functions are produced by neural circuits in the brain. Cognitive neuroscience is a branch of both psychology and neuroscience, overlapping with disciplines such as physiological psychology, cognitive psychology, and neuropsychology. Cognitive neuroscience relies upon theories in cognitive science coupled with evidence from neuropsychology, and computational modeling.Due to its multidisciplinary nature, cognitive neuroscientists may have various backgrounds. Other than the associated disciplines just mentioned, cognitive neuroscientists may have backgrounds in neurobiology, bioengineering, psychiatry, neurology, physics, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and mathematics.Methods employed in cognitive neuroscience include experimental paradigms from psychophysics and cognitive psychology, functional neuroimaging, electrophysiology, cognitive genomics, and behavioral genetics. Studies of patients with cognitive deficits due to brain lesions constitute an important aspect of cognitive neuroscience. Theoretical approaches include computational neuroscience and cognitive psychology.Cognitive neuroscience can look at the effects of damage to the brain and subsequent changes in the thought processes due to changes in neural circuitry resulting from the ensued damage. Also, cognitive abilities based on brain development is studied and examined under the subfield of developmental cognitive neuroscience.