Neural and Genetic Bases for Human Ability Traits.

abstract：:The aim of the current study was to investigate what impact a state of alcohol hangover (AH) has upon everyday prospective memory (PM; memory for future events/intentions). Previous research has shown that the AH has a detrimental effect upon cognitive abilities, including memory and attentional deficits. No published...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Heffernan T

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Group musical improvisation is thought to be akin to conversation, and therapeutically has been shown to be effective at improving communicativeness, sociability, creative expression, and overall psychological health. To understand these therapeutic effects, clarifying the nature of brain activity during improvisation...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Boasen J,Takeshita Y,Kuriki S,Yokosawa K

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the combined effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and an intensive Conversational therapy treatment on discourse skills in 12 persons with chronic aphasia. Six short video clips depicting everyday life contexts were prepared. Three videoclips were used to elicit spont...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Marangolo P,Fiori V,Calpagnano MA,Campana S,Razzano C,Caltagirone C,Marini A

更新日期：2013-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val(158)Met polymorphism impacts cortical dopamine (DA) levels and may influence cortical electrical activity in the human brain. This study investigated whether COMT genotype influences resting-state electroencephalogram (EEG) power in the frontal, parietal and midline regions ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Solís-Ortiz S,Pérez-Luque E,Gutiérrez-Muñoz M

更新日期：2015-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:When coughing, an involuntary contraction of the external anal sphincter occurs, in order to prevent unwanted leakages or sagging of the pelvis muscular wall. Literature originally described such cough-anal response as a reflex elicited by cough, therefore identifying a precise cause-effect relationship. However, rece...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Cavallari P,Bolzoni F,Esposti R,Bruttini C

更新日期：2017-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of bromocriptine, a dopamine agonist, on individual differences in behavior as well as frontal-striatal connectivity during a working memory task. After dopaminergic augmentation, frontal-striatal connectivity in low working memory capacity individuals increases, corresponding with behaviora...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Wallace DL,Vytlacil JJ,Nomura EM,Gibbs SE,D'Esposito M

更新日期：2011-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The present single-case study examined functional brain imaging patterns in a participant that reported being able, at will, to produce somatosensory sensations that are experienced as her body moving outside the boundaries of her physical body all the while remaining aware of her unmoving physical body. We found that...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Smith AM,Messier C

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of tinnitus suppression after cochlear implantation (CI) in single-sided deafness (SSD) is not fully understood. In this regard, by comparing pre- and post-CI quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG), we explored cortical changes relevant to tinnitus improvement. In SSD patients who underwent CI, qEEG ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Song JJ,Kim K,Sunwoo W,Mertens G,Van de Heyning P,De Ridder D,Vanneste S,Lee SY,Park KJ,Choi H,Choi JW

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A muscle synergy is a coordinative structure of muscles that has been proposed as a strategy to reduce the number of variables that the central nervous system (CNS) has to address in motor tasks. In this article, the mechanical contribution of muscle synergies and coordinative structures of muscles in voluntary multi-...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Kubo A,Hagio S,Kibushi B,Moritani T,Kouzaki M

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypnosis research binds phenomenology and neuroscience. Here we show how recent evidence probing the impact of hypnosis and suggestion can inform and advance a neurophenomenological approach. In contrast to meditative practices that involve lengthy and intensive training, hypnosis induces profound alterations in subje...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Lifshitz M,Cusumano EP,Raz A

更新日期：2013-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies have shown that observing an action induces activity in the onlooker's motor system. In light of the muscle specificity and time-locked mirroring nature of the effect, this motor resonance has been traditionally viewed as an inner automatic replica of the observed moveme...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Amoruso L,Finisguerra A

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimizing rehabilitation strategies requires understanding the effects of contextual cues on adaptation learning. Prior studies have examined these effects on the specificity of split-belt walking adaptation, showing that contextual visual cues can be manipulated to modulate the magnitude, transfer, and washout of sp...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Luu TP,He Y,Nakagome S,Nathan K,Brown S,Gorges J,Contreras-Vidal JL

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study investigated the time course of the other-race classification advantage (ORCA) in the subordinate classification of normally configured faces and distorted faces by race. Slightly distorting the face configuration delayed the categorization of own-race faces and had no conspicuous effects on other-ra...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Lv J,Yan T,Tao L,Zhao L

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in basic neuroscience research across a wide range of methodologies have contributed significantly to our understanding of human cortical electrophysiology and functional brain imaging. Translation of this research into clinical neurosurgery has opened doors for advanced mapping of functionality that p...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Roland JL,Hacker CD,Breshears JD,Gaona CM,Hogan RE,Burton H,Corbetta M,Leuthardt EC

更新日期：2013-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention facilitates the processing of task-relevant visual information and suppresses interference from task-irrelevant information. Modulations of neural activity in visual cortex depend on attention, and likely result from signals originating in fronto-parietal and cingulo-opercular regions of cortex. Here, we tes...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Griffis JC,Elkhetali AS,Burge WK,Chen RH,Visscher KM

更新日期：2015-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:There are indications that simple reaction time might have slowed in Western populations, based on both cohort- and multi-study comparisons. A possible limitation of the latter method in particular is measurement error stemming from methods variance, which results from the fact that instruments and experimental condit...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Madison G,Woodley Of Menie MA,Sänger J

更新日期：2016-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The symptoms and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) are complicated and an accurate diagnosis of PD is difficult, particularly in early-stage. Because functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is non-invasive and is characterized by the integration of different brain areas in terms of functional con...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Tan Y,Tan J,Deng J,Cui W,He H,Yang F,Deng H,Xiao R,Huang Z,Zhang X,Tan R,Shen X,Liu T,Wang X,Yao D,Luo C

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Older adults have difficulties in navigating unfamiliar environments and updating their wayfinding behavior when faced with blocked routes. This decline in navigational capabilities has traditionally been ascribed to memory impairments and dysexecutive function, whereas the impact of visual aging has often been overlo...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Ramanoël S,Durteste M,Bécu M,Habas C,Arleo A

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperation and competition are two ways of social interaction keys to life in society. Recent EEG-based hyperscanning studies reveal that cooperative and competitive interactions induce an increase in interbrain coupling. However, whether this interbrain coupling effect is just a reflection of inter-subject motor coo...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Barraza P,Pérez A,Rodríguez E

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This multiple single case study contrasted left hemisphere stroke patients (N = 6) to healthy age-matched control participants (N = 15) on their understanding of action (e.g., holding, clenching) and motion verbs (e.g., crumbling, flowing). The tasks required participants to correctly identify the matching verb or ass...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Taylor LJ,Evans C,Greer J,Senior C,Coventry KR,Ietswaart M

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior research suggests that acoustical degradation impacts encoding of items into memory, especially in elderly subjects. We here aimed to investigate whether acoustically degraded items that are initially encoded into memory are more prone to forgetting as a function of age. Young and old participants were tested wi...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Thiel CM,Özyurt J,Nogueira W,Puschmann S

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas the somatotopy of finger movements has been extensively studied with neuroimaging, the neural foundations of facial movements remain elusive. Therefore, we systematically studied the neuronal correlates of voluntary facial movements using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS, Ekman et al., 2002). The facial m...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Krippl M,Karim AA,Brechmann A

更新日期：2015-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A longstanding challenge in epilepsy research and practice is the need to classify synchronization patterns hidden in multivariate electroencephalography (EEG) data that is routinely superimposed with intensive noise. It is essential to select a suitable feature extraction method to achieve high recognition performanc...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Wang F,Ke H

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging data support the idea that numbers are represented along a mental number line (MNL), an analogical, visuospatial representation of number magnitude. The MNL is left-to-right oriented in Western cultures, with small numbers on the left and larger numbers on the right. Le...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Priftis K,Pitteri M,Meneghello F,Umiltà C,Zorzi M

更新日期：2012-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroencephalography (EEG) and blood oxygen level dependent functional magnetic resonance imagining (BOLD fMRI) assessed the neurocorrelates of sensory processing of visual and auditory stimuli in 11 adults with autism (ASD) and 10 neurotypical (NT) controls between the ages of 20-28. We hypothesized that ASD perfor...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Hames EC,Murphy B,Rajmohan R,Anderson RC,Baker M,Zupancic S,O'Boyle M,Richman D

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review aims to summarize the debate in contemporary neuroscience between inborn and experience-dependent models of conceptual representations that goes back to the description of category-specific semantic disorders for biological and artifact categories. Experience-dependent models suggest that categorica...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Gainotti G

更新日期：2015-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals differ substantially in their susceptibility to distraction by irrelevant visual information. Previous research has uncovered how individual variability in the goal-driven component of attentional control influences distraction, yet it remains unknown whether other sources of variability between individual...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Lechak JR,Leber AB

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual contours often result from the integration or interpolation of fragmented edges. The strength of the completion increases when the edges share the same contrast polarity (CP). Here we demonstrate that the appearance in the perceptual field of this integrated unit, or contour of invariant CP, is concomitant with...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Roncato S

更新日期：2014-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Reflex responses generated by cutaneous mechanoreceptors of the plantar foot are important for the maintenance of balance during postural tasks and gait. With aging, reflex generation, particularly from fast adapting type I receptors, is reduced, which likely contributes to impaired postural stability in this populati...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Sharma T,Peters RM,Bent LR

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression occurs frequently with sleep disturbance such as insomnia. Sleep in depression is associated with disinhibition of the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Despite the coincidence of the depression and sleep disturbance, neural substrate for depressive behaviors and sleep regulation remains unknown. Habenula is ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Aizawa H,Cui W,Tanaka K,Okamoto H

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00