Serotonin receptor gene (HTR2A) T102C polymorphism modulates individuals' perspective taking ability and autistic-like traits.

abstract：:To what extent does morphological structure play a role in early processing of visually presented English past tense verbs? Previous masked priming studies have demonstrated effects of obligatory form-based decomposition for genuinely affixed words (teacher-TEACH) and pseudo-affixed words (corner-CORN), but not for or...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Fruchter J,Stockall L,Marantz A

更新日期：2013-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventral temporal cortex (VTC) in humans includes functionally defined regions that preferentially respond to objects, faces, and places. Recent developmental studies suggest that the face selective region in the fusiform gyrus ('fusiform face area', FFA) undergoes a prolonged development involving substantial incr...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Golarai G,Liberman A,Yoon JM,Grill-Spector K

更新日期：2010-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy sleep is essential in children's cognitive, behavioral, and emotional development. However, remarkably little is known about the influence of sleep disorders on different memory processes in childhood. Such data could give us a deeper insight into the effect of sleep on the developing brain and memory function...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Csábi E,Benedek P,Janacsek K,Zavecz Z,Katona G,Nemeth D

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The human brain uses acoustic cues to decompose complex auditory scenes into its components. For instance to improve communication, a listener can select an individual "stream," such as a talker in a crowded room, based on cues such as pitch or location. Despite numerous investigations into auditory streaming, few hav...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Hill KT,Bishop CW,Miller LM

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of attention in visual word recognition and reading aloud is a long debated issue. Studies of both developmental and acquired reading disorders provide growing evidence that spatial attention is critically involved in word reading, in particular for the phonological decoding of unfamiliar letter strings. Howe...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Montani V,Facoetti A,Zorzi M

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Brains reveal amplified plasticity as they recover from an injury. We aimed to define time dependent plasticity changes in patients recovering from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Twenty-five subjects with mild head injury were longitudinally evaluated within 36 h, 3 and 6 months using resting state functional con...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Bharath RD,Munivenkatappa A,Gohel S,Panda R,Saini J,Rajeswaran J,Shukla D,Bhagavatula ID,Biswal BB

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Arithmetic skill is of critical importance for academic achievement, professional success and everyday life, and childhood is the key period to acquire this skill. Neuroimaging studies have identified that left parietal regions are a key neural substrate for representing arithmetic skill. Although the relationship bet...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Li Y,Hu Y,Wang Y,Weng J,Chen F

更新日期：2013-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Genetic variation, especially polymorphism of the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4), has been linked to deficits in self-regulation and executive functions and to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and is related to the structural and functional integrity of the default mode network (DMN), the ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Qian A,Tao J,Wang X,Liu H,Ji L,Yang C,Ye Q,Chen C,Li J,Cheng J,Wang M,Zhao K

更新日期：2018-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:During creative problem solving, initial solution attempts often fail because of self-imposed constraints that prevent us from thinking out of the box. In order to solve a problem successfully, the problem representation has to be restructured by combining elements of available knowledge in novel and creative ways. It...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Schönauer M,Brodt S,Pöhlchen D,Breßmer A,Danek AH,Gais S

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The default mode network (DMN) has been widely defined as a set of brain regions that are engaged when people are in a "resting state" (left to themselves in a scanner, with no explicit task instruction). The network emerged as a scientific object in the early twenty-first century, and in just over a decade has become...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Callard F,Margulies DS

更新日期：2014-08-25 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：:The proposal that dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) enhances neurocognitive functioning in term infants is controversial. Theoretical evidence, laboratory research and human epidemiological studies have convincingly demonstrated that DHA deficiency can negatively impact neurocognitive development. However, the result...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Heaton AE,Meldrum SJ,Foster JK,Prescott SL,Simmer K

更新日期：2013-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This article investigates how neuroscience in general, and neuroscience of creativity in particular, can be used in teaching "applied creativity" and the usefulness of this approach to creativity training. The article is based on empirical data and our experiences from the Applied NeuroCreativity (ANC) program, taught...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Onarheim B,Friis-Olivarius M

更新日期：2013-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognition can influence emotion by biasing neural activity in the first cortical region in which the reward value and subjective pleasantness of stimuli is made explicit in the representation, the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). The same effect occurs in a second cortical tier for emotion, the anterior cingulate cortex (A...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Rolls ET

更新日期：2013-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial attractiveness refers to a positive and joyful emotional experience induced by the face of a target person and the extent to which other people are driven to be close to their wishes. Since the 1970s, face attractiveness has gradually emerged in western psychological research, but most of the studies were confi...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Hou J,Sui L,Jiang X,Han C,Chen Q

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Gait and balance impairments are frequently considered as the most significant concerns among individuals suffering from neurological diseases. Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) has shown to be a promising neurorehabilitation intervention to improve gait recovery in patients following stroke or brain injury by poten...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Berger A,Horst F,Müller S,Steinberg F,Doppelmayr M

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to identify the brain-based mechanisms of uncertainty and certainty associated with answers to multiple-choice questions involving common misconceptions about electric circuits. Twenty-two scientifically novice participants (humanities and arts college students) were aske...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Potvin P,Turmel E,Masson S

更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior research with preschool children has established that dialogic or active book reading is an effective method for expanding young children's vocabulary. In this exploratory study, we asked whether similar benefits are observed when a robot engages in dialogic reading with preschoolers. Given the established effec...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Kory Westlund JM,Jeong S,Park HW,Ronfard S,Adhikari A,Harris PL,DeSteno D,Breazeal CL

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00098.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Zhang Y,Du G,Yang Y,Qin W,Li X,Zhang Q

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Verbal learning tests (VLTs) are widely used to evaluate memory deficits in neuropsychiatric and developmental disorders. However, their validity has been called into question by studies showing significant differences in VLT scores obtained by different examiners. Here we describe the computerized Bay Area Verbal Lea...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Woods DL,Wyma JM,Herron TJ,Yund EW

更新日期：2017-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene has a strong association with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The ε4 allele is a well-documented genetic risk factor of AD. In contrast, the ε2 allele of the APOE gene is known to be protective against AD. Much of the focus on the APOE gene has been on the ε4 allele in both young and older a...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Konishi K,Bhat V,Banner H,Poirier J,Joober R,Bohbot VD

更新日期：2016-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal or inconsistent behavioral responses to command make it challenging to accurately diagnose the level of awareness of a patient with a Disorder of consciousness (DOC). By identifying markers of mental imagery being covertly performed to command, functional neuroimaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG) has s...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Gibson RM,Fernández-Espejo D,Gonzalez-Lara LE,Kwan BY,Lee DH,Owen AM,Cruse D

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired decision-making is well documented in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and a range of electrophysiological and functional neuroimaging measures have begun to reveal the pathological mechanisms that underlie the decision-making process. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) has core symptoms that...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Luo Y,Chen L,Li H,Dong Y,Zhou X,Qiu L,Zhang L,Gao Y,Zhu C,Yu F,Wang K

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesocorticolimbic dopamine (DA) system linking the dopaminergic midbrain to the prefrontal cortex and subcortical striatum has been shown to be sensitive to reinforcement in animals and humans. Within this system, coexistent segregated striato-frontal circuits have been linked to different functions. In the presen...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Graef S,Biele G,Krugel LK,Marzinzik F,Wahl M,Wotka J,Klostermann F,Heekeren HR

更新日期：2010-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:People are extremely good at hitting falling balls with a baseball bat. Despite the ball's constant acceleration, they have been reported to time hits with a standard deviation of only about 7 ms. To examine how people achieve such precision, we compared performance when there were no added restrictions, with performa...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Brenner E,Driesen B,Smeets JB

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The lateral habenula (LHb) is emerging as a crucial structure capable of conveying rewarding and aversive information. Recent evidence indicates that a rapid increase in the activity of LHb neurons drives negative states and avoidance. Furthermore, the hyperexcitability of neurons in the LHb, especially those projecti...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Meye FJ,Lecca S,Valentinova K,Mameli M

更新日期：2013-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human locomotion is a complex motor task. Previous research hypothesized that muscle synergies reflect the modular control of muscle groups operated by the Central Nervous System (CNS). Despite the high stride-to-stride variability characterizing human gait, most studies analyze only a few strides. This may be limitin...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Rimini D,Agostini V,Knaflitz M

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Beyond normal and non-imitative singing, the imitation of the timbre of another singer's voice, such as in Karaoke singing, involves the demanding reproduction of voice quality features and strongly depends on singing experience and practice. We show that precise voice imitation in a highly proficient and experienced ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Frühholz S,Trost W,Constantinescu I,Grandjean D

更新日期：2020-04-28 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：:Comprehension of words is an important part of the language faculty, involving the joint activity of frontal and temporo-parietal brain regions. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) enables the controlled perturbation of brain activity, and thus offers a unique tool to test specific predictions about the causal rel...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Papeo L,Pascual-Leone A,Caramazza A

更新日期：2013-04-24 00:00:00