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Showing 1 to 20 of 3143 for “"the brain"”.
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Singing the Brain Electric
Singing the Brain Electric Brain pacemakers, scientists have found, can treat depression by correcting neural circuitry gone haywire. This thesis examines how such technology - a technique known as deep-brain stimulation, in which electrodes are implanted within the brain - was developed and how it …
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Glucosensing, Hypoglycemia, and the Brain
… be peripherally and centrally mediated. Within the periphery, GLUT4 in muscle and adipose tissue is required for normal glucose homeostasis and disruption of GLUT4 translocation in these tissues leads to glucose intolerance and insulin resistance, hallmarks of Type 2 diabetes. Within the brain, …
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The Brain Scan as Ideograph
… devices have enabled doctors to render images of the brain without cutting into the body. These images are colloquially called “brain scans.” Through journalism and mass dissemination online, brain scans have become an example of Michael Calvin McGee’s “ideograph,” a language term that subtly …
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Hierarchical reasoning in the brain
… guide our goal-directed behavior. Understanding the neural mechanism of this reasoning behavior is essential for consequential applications in brain sciences. In this thesis, I address hierarchical reasoning at three levels of behavior, neural circuit, and computational models. First, I developed …
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Words and rules in the brain
The Words-and-Rules theory (WR) posits that different mental processes underlie regular and irregular past tense formation: regular forms are rule-generated ('add -ed'), whereas irregular forms are retrieved from memory. These mental processes are hypothesized to engage distinct neural mechanisms. …
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The Moral Paradox of the "Brain Drain"
In the 1960`s the British Royal Society coined the term ‗brain drain` to describe the migration of scientists, physicians, and engineers from Britain to North America (Cervantes). Over the past three decades, the ―brain drain‖ of educated professionals from less affluent to more affluent nations …
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Music and the Brain: Composing with the Electroencephalogram
The field of brain-computer music interfaces have been expanding ever since the first development in the 1960s. Although many brain-computer music interfaces have been developed for the purpose of composing music, these systems have not been accessible to musicians due to the use of complex …
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Prenatal dexamethasone exposure: glucocrticoid programming of the brain
… programming of adult diseases’. According to the theory, environmental insults occurring at critical periods of pregnancy can permanently alter the structure and physiology of the developing organs, and may lead to adverse functional consequences that manifest later in life. It has been …
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Nrf2 in metabolic related inflammation in the brain
… protein (APP) is intimately linked with AD, with the Swedish mutation (<i>hAPP<sub>swe</sub></i>) used in numerous transgenic models. Furthermore, increasing importance has been placed on the suggested link between nutritional status and AD. To assess Nrf2 as a potential target in AD, we examined …
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The brain-based theory of learning and multimedia
<p>For this project the brain-based theory of learning, an eclectic theory that incorporates the cognitive and humanistic views was researched. Multimedia, a technology which supports the principles of brain-based learning, was then selected as the vehicle to present historical materials to …
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The brain-based theory of learning and multimedia
<p>For this project the brain-based theory of learning, an eclectic theory that incorporates the cognitive and humanistic views was researched. Multimedia, a technology which supports the principles of brain-based learning, was then selected as the vehicle to present historical materials to …
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Investigating mechanisms of hemodynamic control in the brain
Neurovascular coupling is the relationship between neural activity and blood flow that allows the brain to exhibit increases in blood flow to areas of elevated neural activity during sensory stimulation. It is these localized changes in blood flow, collectively known as the hemodynamic response, …
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How the brain resolves ambiguity in emotion perception
… an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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The brain age gap in social anxiety disorder
Background: When an individual's brain appears ‘older' than expected based upon their chronological age, they may be at an increased risk for developing brain-related diseases and cognitive decline. There is growing evidence of advanced brain ageing in neuropsychiatric diseases. Social anxiety …
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