Sentences with phrase «neuroscientists call this function»

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If you talk to economists, they call it non-cognitive skills, psychologists use the term personality traits, neuroscientists call it executive functions and educationists think of it as character.»

Memory functions in the brain work according to a principle that neuroscientists call «sparse coding», i.e. a comparatively small number of neurons encode complex information — possibly to make overlap between different memories more unlikely.

Mike Kuhar, a neuroscientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, introduced the topic of cognitive enhancers or â $ œsmart drugs.â $ He described one particular class of proposed cognitive enhancers, called ampakines, which appear to improve functioning on certain tasks without stimulating signals throughout the brain. Kuhar questioned whether â $ œsmart drugsâ $ pose unique challenges, compared to other types of drugs.

Neuroscientists at University College, London, recently discovered a fascinating connection between an antioxidant enzyme system called CAT (for catalase) and several major markers of high cognitive functioning.