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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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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 |
00:15:17 |
