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Anatomy of Mirror System Pathways |
One of Dr. Rizzolatti's research goals as a neurophysiologist is to understand the anatomical pathways of the mirror mechanism. By using fMRI and tracers he is trying to find the brain centers involved in mirror neuron activity and to determine... |
Giacomo Rizzolatti |
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00:01:11 |
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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 |
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Event related brain potentials |
Event related potentials (ERPs) are based on the measurement of brain responses created by specific activation within the brain as a response to an external or internal event. Dr. Niels Birbaumer explains that today's brain-computer interfaces... |
Niels Birbaumer |
goCognitive |
00:02:41 |
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Historic roots of BCI |
The roots of non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) research lie in work done in the field of neurofeedback. Most of the clinical BCI studies with human patients use biofeedback based on EEG oscillations or event-related brain potentials.... |
Niels Birbaumer |
goCognitive |
00:05:26 |
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Location of the episodic buffer |
Where is the episodic buffer located within the anatomy of the brain? Baddeley's initial hunch was to located it in the hippocampus - but recent studies with an amnestic indiviual with severe hippocampal damage has shown that tasks requiring... |
Alan Baddeley |
goCognitive |
00:02:09 |
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Movement restoration after stroke |
Stroke patients often lose the ability to control parts of their body. Dr. Birbaumer discusses how science and technology have been working together to help such patients regain control of their limbs. His research with brain-computer interfaces (... |
Niels Birbaumer |
goCognitive |
00:08:02 |
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Quality of life for locked in patients |
It is usually assumed that the quality of life in locked-in patients must be miserable. Surprisingly, surveys conducted with locked-in patients show a different picture even though these patients can no longer enjoy normal activities. Dr. Birbaumer... |
Niels Birbaumer |
goCognitive |
00:03:13 |
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Short-term memory and attention |
In this third and final video segment, Dr. Edward Awh from the University of Oregon explains his view of the interrelationship between Attention and working memory. He proposes that attention is one of the central mechanisms underlying working... |
Edward Awh |
goCognitive |
00:16:03 |
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Sight Recovery - returning vision after 40 years of blindness |
Dr. Fine from the University of Washington talks about her interactions with her patient MM who recovered at age 43 from 40 years of blindness. His example is an illustration of the complexity of neural processing - and the opportunities... |
Ione Fine |
goCognitive |
00:17:06 |
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The neural basis of short-term memory |
In this second video interview segment, Dr. Edward Awh from the University of Oregon explains our current understanding of the neural basis of working memory. He lists some of the central brain regions implicated in working memory tasks and the role... |
Edward Awh |
goCognitive |
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