Alzheimers, Dementia, and Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Overview |
In this interview with goCognitive, Dr. Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe gives an overview of dementias and mild cognitive impairments. Dr. Schmitter-Edgecombe is a neuropsychologist at Washington State University who is looking into the effects of... |
Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe |
goCognitive |
00:19:06 |
Broca's and Wernicke's areas revisited |
Broca's and Wernicke's areas both represent an important historic step in cognitive neuroscience - demonstrating the localization of function in the human brain. However, over the last century and a half, the interpretation of the... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:05:04 |
Declarative memory in humans and animals |
Declarative memory is usually thought of as the consciously available memory that allows a flexible use of knowledge. Both memories of ones past as well as memorized facts are part of this system in humans. Similar brain mechanisms support... |
Larry R. Squire |
goCognitive |
00:02:28 |
fMRI |
In this segment of the interview with Dr. Geoff Boynton from the University of Washington, Dr. Boynton describes the fMRI method and what we know about the underlying neural processes that give rise to the BOLD signal. |
Geoff Boynton |
goCognitive |
00:20:22 |
How I became a neuroscientist |
Dr. Squire shares how he became interested in the field of neuroscience. He also describes his first experiment... |
Larry R. Squire |
goCognitive |
00:02:21 |
Introduction to the Sense of Smell |
This first segment (of three) of our interview with Dr. Kevin Kelliher from the University of Idaho gives an overview of the olfactory system from a biological perspective. Dr. Kelliher's research focuses on olfaction and its role in social... |
Kevin Kelliher |
goCognitive |
00:17:45 |
Larry Squire - Neuroscience of declarative long-term memory |
Dr. Larry Squire is a leading neuroscientist studying the principles of mammalian long-term memory. He is is professor of psychiatry, neurosciences, and psychology at the University of California, San Diego, and research career scientist at the... |
Larry R. Squire |
goCognitive |
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Linguistics is more than grammar |
Dr. Friederici talks about the different components of linguistics – consisting not only of grammar or syntax, but also includes all other aspects of language. Semantics and the combinatorics of words in a sentence, phonology, and prosody all make... |
Angela Friederici |
goCognitive |
00:02:21 |
Neurogenesis |
In her interview with goCognitive, Dr. Deb Stenkamp from the University of Idaho talks about her research on neurogenesis - the production of new neurons in the central nervous system. Her research is using the retina of the zebrafish as a model for... |
Deb Stenkamp |
goCognitive |
00:11:42 |
Neurogenesis II |
In this second part of the interview, Dr. Stenkamp talks about the potential benefits of a better understanding of neurogenesis in animal models for new treatments of human diseases. Unlike the zebrafish model, the human nervous system does not... |
Deb Stenkamp |
goCognitive |
00:13:06 |