Movement Kinematics and Interjoint Coordination Are Influenced by Target Location and Arm in 6-Year-Old Children.

abstract：:Separable affix verbs consist of a stem and a derivational affix, which, in some languages can appear together or in discontinuous, distributed form, e.g., German "aufgreifen" and "greifen … auf" ["up-pick(ing)" and "pick … up"]. Certain stems can combine with only certain affixes. However, many such combinations are ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Hanna J,Pulvermüller F

更新日期：2018-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The frontal lobes are involved in many higher-order cognitive functions such as social cognition executive functions and language and speech. These functions are complex and follow a prolonged developmental course from childhood through to early adulthood. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is ideal for the study of develop...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Taylor MJ,Doesburg SM,Pang EW

更新日期：2014-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that the rubber hand illusion (RHI) is an experimental paradigm that has been widely used in the last 14 years to investigate different aspects of the sense of bodily self, very few studies have sought to investigate the subjective nature of the experience that the RHI evokes. The present study invest...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Valenzuela Moguillansky C,O'Regan JK,Petitmengin C

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord excitability, as assessed by modulation of Hoffmann (H-) reflexes, is reduced with fatiguing isometric contractions. Furthermore, spinal cord excitability is reduced during non-fatiguing arm and leg cycling. Presynaptic inhibition of Ia terminals is believed to contribute to this suppression of spinal cord...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Pearcey GEP,Noble SA,Munro B,Zehr EP

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study of the attentional system remains a challenge for current neuroscience. The "Attention Network Test" (ANT) was designed to study simultaneously three different attentional networks (alerting, orienting, and executive) based in subtraction of different experimental conditions. However, some studies ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Galvao-Carmona A,González-Rosa JJ,Hidalgo-Muñoz AR,Páramo D,Benítez ML,Izquierdo G,Vázquez-Marrufo M

更新日期：2014-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Extracranial signals are the main source of noise in functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as light is penetrating the cortex but also skin and muscles of the head. Aim: Here we performed three experiments to investigate the contamination of fNIRS measurements by temporal muscle activity. Material ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Schecklmann M,Mann A,Langguth B,Ehlis AC,Fallgatter AJ,Haeussinger FB

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the frequency of naming errors in aphasia, a common aim of speech and language rehabilitation is the improvement of naming. Based on evidence of significant word recall improvements in patients with memory impairments, errorless learning methods have been successfully applied to naming therapy in aphasia; howeve...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Riley EA,McFarland DJ

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that phase cone clustering patterns in EEG ripple bands demonstrate an increased turnover rate in epileptogenic zones compared to adjacent regions. We employed 256 channel EEG data collected in four adult subjects with refractory epilepsy. The analysis was performed in the 80-150 and 150-250 Hz ranges. Ictal ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Ramon C,Holmes MD

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have demonstrated that a single session of aerobic exercise can enhance cognitive functioning; specifically, the inhibition facet of executive function (EF). Additionally, previous research has demonstrated that inhibitory abilities are essential for effective dietary self-control. However, it is current...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Lowe CJ,Hall PA,Vincent CM,Luu K

更新日期：2014-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Observers can selectively attend to object features that are relevant for a task. However, unattended task-irrelevant features may still be processed and possibly integrated with the attended features. This study investigated the neural mechanisms for processing both task-relevant (attended) and task-irrelevant (unatt...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Mayer KM,Vuong QC

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous research studies have been conducted on the use of videogames as tools to improve one's cognitive abilities. While meta-analyses and qualitative reviews have provided evidence that some aspects of cognition such as spatial imagery are modified after exposure to videogames, other evidence has shown that matrix...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Redick TS,Webster SB

更新日期：2014-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Gait is one of the fundamental behaviors we use to interact with the world. The functionality of the locomotor system is thus related to enriching interactions with our environment. The posterior parietal cortex (PPC) has been found to contribute to motor adaptation during both visuomotor and postural adaptation tasks...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Young DR,Parikh PJ,Layne CS

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to accurately process numerical magnitudes and solve mental arithmetic is of highest importance for schooling and professional career. Although impairments in these domains in disorders such as developmental dyscalculia (DD) are highly detrimental, remediation is still sparse. In recent years, transcranial...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Hauser TU,Rotzer S,Grabner RH,Mérillat S,Jäncke L

更新日期：2013-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Current models of cortical speech and language processing include multiple regions within the temporal lobe of both hemispheres. Human communication, by necessity, involves complex interactions between regions subserving speech and language processing with those involved in more general cognitive functions. To assess ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Nourski KV,Steinschneider M,Rhone AE

更新日期：2016-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance-related feedback plays an important role in improving human being's adaptive behavior. Using event-related potentials (ERPs), previous studies have associated a particular component, i.e., reward positivity (RewP), with outcome evaluation processing and found that this component was affected by waiting tim...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Zhang X,Lei Y,Yin H,Li P,Li H

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper focuses on the question of what the (visual) perceptual differences are between individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and typically developing (TD) individuals. We argue against the view that autistic subjects have a deficiency in the most basic form of perceptual consciousness-namely, phenomenal ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Yatziv T,Jacobson H

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Research supports an association between extraversion and dopamine (DA) functioning. DA facilitates incentive motivation and the conditioning and incentive encoding of contexts that predict reward. Therefore, we assessed whether extraversion is related to the efficacy of acquiring conditioned contextual facilitation o...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Depue RA,Fu Y

更新日期：2013-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is associated with deficits in social communication and avoidance of social contact. It has been hypothesized that people with IAD may have an impaired capacity for empathy. The purpose of the current study was to examine the processing of empathy for others' pain in IADs. Event-relat...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Jiao C,Wang T,Peng X,Cui F

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous functional MRI (fMRI) studies have shown that fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) fragile X premutation allele carriers (FXPCs) exhibit decreased hippocampal activation during a recall task and lower inferior frontal activation during a working memory task compared to matched controls. The molecular charact...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Wang JM,Koldewyn K,Hashimoto R,Schneider A,Le L,Tassone F,Cheung K,Hagerman P,Hessl D,Rivera SM

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a powerful MRI technique that can be used to estimate both the microstructural integrity and the trajectories of white matter pathways throughout the central nervous system. This fiber tracking (aka, "tractography") approach is often carried out using anatomically-defined seed points ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Figley TD,Bhullar N,Courtney SM,Figley CR

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the compositional properties of surfaces in the environment is an important visual capacity. One such property is specular reflectance, which encompasses the range from matte to shiny surfaces. Visual estimation of specular reflectance can be informed by characteristic motion profiles; a surface with a spe...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Kam TE,Mannion DJ,Lee SW,Doerschner K,Kersten DJ

更新日期：2015-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In constantly changing environments, it is crucial to adaptively respond to threatening events. In particular, painful stimuli are not only processed in terms of their absolute intensity, but also with respect to their context. While contextual pain processing can simply entail the repeated processing of information (...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Bauch EM,Andreou C,Rausch VH,Bunzeck N

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals tend to perceive the direction of light to come from above and slightly from the left; it has been speculated that this phenomenon is also producing similar lighting preferences within 2-dimensional artworks (e.g., paintings, advertisements). The purpose of the present study was to address if lighting bias...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Sedgewick JR,Weiers B,Stewart A,Elias LJ

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging combined with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to primary motor cortex (M1) is an emerging technique that can examine motor-system functionality through evoked activity. However, because sensory afferents from twitching muscles are widely represented in motor areas the amount of evoked activity dir...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Shitara H,Shinozaki T,Takagishi K,Honda M,Hanakawa T

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Who am I? What is the self and where does it come from? This may be one of the oldest problems in philosophy. Beyond traditional philosophy, only very recently approaches from neuroscience (in particular imaging studies) have tried to address these questions, too. So what are neural substrates of our self? An increasi...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Schaefer M,Northoff G

更新日期：2017-03-17 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 combination of lexical bias and altered auditory feedback was used to investigate the influence of higher-order linguistic knowledge on the perceptual aspects of speech motor control. Subjects produced monosyllabic real words or pseudo-words containing the vowel [ε] (as in "head") under conditions of altered auditor...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Bourguignon NJ,Baum SR,Shiller DM

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:PREHENSION, THE CAPACITY TO REACH AND GRASP OBJECTS, COMPRISES TWO MAIN COMPONENTS: reaching, i.e., moving the hand towards an object, and grasping, i.e., shaping the hand with respect to its properties. Knowledge of this topic has gained a huge advance in recent years, dramatically changing our view on how prehension...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Turella L,Lingnau A

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A single session of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to increase arousal in healthy participants for up to 24 h post-stimulation. However, little is known about the effects of tDCS on subsequent sleep in this population. Based on previous clinical studies, we hypothesized that anoda...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： McIntire LK,McKinley RA,Goodyear C,McIntire JP

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:All humans experience itch in the course of their life. Even a discussion on the topic of itch or seeing people scratch can evoke the desire to scratch. These events are coined "contagious itch" and are very common. We and others have shown that videos showing people scratching and pictures of affected skin or insects...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Schut C,Grossman S,Gieler U,Kupfer J,Yosipovitch G

更新日期：2015-02-11 00:00:00