The response of a cortical neuron to a stimulus can show a very large variability when repeatedly stimulated by exactly the same stimulus. This has been quantified in terms of inter-spike-interval (ISI) statistics by several researchers (e.g., [Softky, W., Koch, C., 1993. The highly ...
Fill in the blank: The microscopic space between neurons is called ___. What are the main parts of the Brain and Cerebrum? What is structural brain imaging? Fill in the blank. The parts of the brain covered with a cortical layer (the cerebral cortex) which has a convoluted topography...
Fill in the blank. The parts of the brain covered with a cortical layer (the cerebral cortex) which has a convoluted topography are called ___. What part of the brain acts as the thermostat of the body? (a) Which part of the brain is the largest part and what is its function?
There is ongoing debate as to whether these impairments are attributable to primary physiological effects or secondary psychological effects of the weightlessness environment. This study evaluates the physiological effects of changed gravity conditions on brain cortical activity. In a first experiment, EEG ...
Without neuroplasticity, we wouldn’t be able to do many of the things that make us human. This includes learning, developing, and forming memories. So if the brain is malleable, can we rewire it? Can we “rewrite” patterns in our brain to improve well-being? Here’s everything you...
And that’s not all: mindfulness meditation can actually change the shape of the brain as well, a process known as neuroplasticity. Research shows that gray matter — the area of the brain responsible for emotional regulation, planning, and problem-solving — as well as the cortical thickness ...
negative feelings. The orbital cortex, the region that becomes active in Goel’s experiment, seems the best candidate for the site that feeds such feelings into higher-level thought processes, with its close connections to the brain’s sub-cortical arousal apparatus and centres of metabolic ...
Chemsex describes the use of specific substances (methamphetamine, GHB/GBL, mephedrone, ketamine) which initiate or enhance sexual experiences and is mainl
and surrounding electric fields in three cortical regions in animals, the team’s new study in theJournal of Cognitive Neuroscienceprovides a unifying view of how brain waves, which are oscillating patterns of the activity of brain cells, may control the flow of i...
What is the cortical structure and function?Brain:The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and arguably the most complex structure in the known universe. It is responsible for our thoughts, emotions, memories, and movements. It controls our involuntary functions like heartbeat and...