Metaphors are physical and abstract: ERPs to metaphorically modified nouns resemble ERPs to abstract language.

abstract：:The supplementary motor area (SMA) has been shown to be the center for motor planning and is active during music listening and performance. However, limited data exist on the role of the SMA in music. Music performance requires complex information processing in auditory, visual, spatial, emotional, and motor domains, ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Tanaka S,Kirino E

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:According to Helmholtz's Square illusion, a square appears wider when it is filled with vertical lines and higher when filled with horizontal lines (Helmholtz von, 1866). Recently, Pinna (2010a) demonstrated that the grouping of small squares on the basis of the similarity principle influences also perception of their...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Pinna B

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent models on speech perception propose a dual-stream processing network, with a dorsal stream, extending from the posterior temporal lobe of the left hemisphere through inferior parietal areas into the left inferior frontal gyrus, and a ventral stream that is assumed to originate in the primary auditory cortex in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Specht K

更新日期：2013-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term maintenance of verbal information is a core factor of language repetition, especially when reproducing multiple or unfamiliar stimuli. Many models of language processing locate the verbal short-term maintenance function in the left posterior superior temporo-parietal area and its connections with the inferi...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Majerus S

更新日期：2013-07-12 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：:Dopamine has been implicated in the fine-tuning of complex cognitive and motor function and also in the anticipation of future rewards. This dual function of dopamine suggests that dopamine might be involved in the generation of active motivated behavior. The DRD2 TaqIA polymorphism of the dopamine D2 receptor gene (r...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Richter A,Richter S,Barman A,Soch J,Klein M,Assmann A,Libeau C,Behnisch G,Wüstenberg T,Seidenbecher CI,Schott BH

更新日期：2013-06-05 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：:The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is the most frequently targeted brain region by non-invasive brain stimulation (NBS) studies. Non-invasively stimulating the PFC has been shown to both modulate affective processing and improve the clinical symptoms of several psychiatric disorders, such as depression and schizophrenia. The...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Liu W,Leng YS,Zou XH,Cheng ZQ,Yang W,Li BJ

更新日期：2017-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing neuroimaging researches in stroke rehabilitation had revealed the neural mechanisms of rehabilitation therapy. However, little was known about the neural mechanisms of acupuncture therapy in subcortical stroke patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes of functional connectivity (FC) bet...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Ning Y,Li K,Fu C,Ren Y,Zhang Y,Liu H,Cui F,Zou Y

更新日期：2017-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly population in the US is increasing and projected to be 44% minority by 2060. African Americans and Hispanics are at increased risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease compared to non-Hispanic whites. These conditions are associated with many other adverse health outcomes, lower quality of life,...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Agarwal P,Morris MC,Barnes LL

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Current research demonstrates beneficial effects of physical activity on brain functions and cognitive performance. To date, less is known on the effects of gross motor movements that do not fall into the category of sports-related aerobic or anaerobic exercise. In previous studies, we found beneficial effects of dyna...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Henz D,Schöllhorn WI

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural specificity refers to the degree to which neural representations of different stimuli can be distinguished. Evidence suggests that neural specificity, operationally defined as stimulus-related differences in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activation patterns, declines with advancing adult age, and...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Kleemeyer MM,Polk TA,Schaefer S,Bodammer NC,Brechtel L,Lindenberger U

更新日期：2017-03-16 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：:Neurophenomenological (NP) methods integrate objective and subjective data in ways that retain the statistical power of established disciplines (like cognitive science) while embracing the value of first-person reports of experience. The present paper positions neurophenomenology as an approach that pulls from traditi...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Bockelman P,Reinerman-Jones L,Gallagher S

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillatory neural dynamics have been steadily receiving more attention as a robust and temporally precise signature of network activity related to language processing. We have recently proposed that oscillatory dynamics in the beta and gamma frequency ranges measured during sentence-level comprehension might be best ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Lewis AG,Schoffelen JM,Schriefers H,Bastiaansen M

更新日期：2016-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated pairing of electrical stimulation of a peripheral nerve with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) over the primary motor cortex (M1) representation for a target muscle can induce neuroplastic adaptations in the human brain related to motor learning. The extent to which the motor state during this form of p...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Palmer JA,Halter A,Gray W,Wolf SL,Borich MR

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Breakfast consumption is associated with positive outcomes for diet quality, micronutrient intake, weight status and lifestyle factors. Breakfast has been suggested to positively affect learning in children in terms of behavior, cognitive, and school performance. However, these assertions are largely based on evidence...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Adolphus K,Lawton CL,Dye L

更新日期：2013-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain image plays a central role in contemporary image culture and, in turn, (co)constructs contemporary forms of subjectivity. The central aim of this paper is to probe the unmistakably potent interpellative power of brain images by delving into the power of imaging and the power of the image itself. This is not ...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： De Vos J

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is a neurogenetic disease marked by multiple cognitive and learning problems. Genetic variants may account for phenotypic variance in NF1. Here, we investigated the association between the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val(158)Met polymorphism and working memory and arithmetic perf...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Costa Dde S,de Paula JJ,Alvim-Soares AM Jr,Pereira PA,Malloy-Diniz LF,Rodrigues LO,Romano-Silva MA,de Miranda DM

更新日期：2016-07-05 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：:"Chronic traumatic encephalopathy" (CTE) is described as a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease believed to result from multiple concussions. Traditionally, concussions were considered benign events and although most people recover fully, about 10% develop a post-concussive syndrome with persisting neurologica...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Tartaglia MC,Hazrati LN,Davis KD,Green RE,Wennberg R,Mikulis D,Ezerins LJ,Keightley M,Tator C

更新日期：2014-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Propylene glycol, also denoted as 1.2 propanediol (C3H8O2), often serves as a solvent for dilution of olfactory stimuli. It is supposed to serve as a neutral substance and has been used in many behavioral and electrophysiological studies to dilute pure olfactory stimuli. However, the effect of propylene glycol on perc...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Sirous M,Sinning N,Schneider TR,Friese U,Lorenz J,Engel AK

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous dimensions, such as time, space, and numerosity, have been suggested to be subserved by common neurocognitive mechanisms. Neuroimaging studies that have investigated either one or two dimensions simultaneously have consistently identified neural correlates in the parietal cortex of the brain. However, studi...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Skagerlund K,Karlsson T,Träff U

更新日期：2016-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of hand posture in handedness recognition, while varying the spatial correspondence between stimulus and response in a modified Simon task. Drawings of the left and right hands were displayed either in a back or palm view while participants discriminated stimulus handedness by pressing ei...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Lameira AP,Gawryszewski LG,Guimarães-Silva S,Ferreira FM,Vargas CD,Umiltà C,Pereira A

更新日期：2009-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:Electrodes that provide brain to machine or computer interfacing must survive the lifetime of the person to be considered an acceptable prosthetic. The electrodes may be external such as with electroencephalographic (EEG), internal extracortical such as electrocorticographic (ECoG) or intracortical. Methods:Most i...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Gearing M,Kennedy P

更新日期：2020-04-21 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：:WE COMPARED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE OVERALL AND DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF THREE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED LEFT NEGLECT (LN) TREATMENTS: visual scanning training (VST), limb activation treatment (LAT), and prism adaptation (PA). Thirty-three LN patients were assigned in quasi-random order to the three groups (VST, LAT, or...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Priftis K,Passarini L,Pilosio C,Meneghello F,Pitteri M

更新日期：2013-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that empathic traits, such as perspective taking, are associated with the levels of serotonin in the brain and with autism spectrum conditions. Inspired by the finding that the serotonin receptor 2A gene (HTR2A) modulates the availability of serotonin, this study investigated to what ex...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Gong P,Liu J,Blue PR,Li S,Zhou X

更新日期：2015-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of visual cortex reorganization following injury remains controversial. We report serial functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from a patient with sequential posterior circulation strokes occurring 3 weeks apart, compared with data from an age-matched healthy control subject. At 8 days following...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： Brodtmann A,Puce A,Darby D,Donnan G

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:An emerging field of research focused on fluctuations in brain signals has provided evidence that the complexity of those signals, as measured by entropy, conveys important information about network dynamics (e.g., local and distributed processing). While much research has focused on how neural complexity differs in p...

journal_title：Frontiers in human neuroscience

authors： McDonough IM,Nashiro K

更新日期：2014-06-10 00:00:00