Bouwer: «My results show that, to a certain extent, the sense of rhythm is
a fundamental brain process that develops unconsciously.
Chemical clues confirm that at least
some fundamental brain processes are the same in humans and insects.
For five years, Fleur Bouwer plumbed the depths of the human sense of rhythm in order to map out
the fundamental brain processes that lie at its roots.
But experts differ on whether both tasks utilize the same
fundamental brain processes.
Not exact matches
Everything in the universe, including our own
brains, is built up on this principle of control and direction, and Nature can not break its own
fundamental law without the whole
process of the universe being undermined and coming to grief.
On this basis the
fundamental evolutionary
process of the Universe does not stop at the elemental level of the human
brain and human reflection.
One
fundamental role of cognition is to select what your
brain goes on to
process.
Because opioid pathways are involved in diverse
processes in the
brain that aren't all directly related to pain, he says, «I didn't come away with the impression that this definitively means that empathy and pain share
fundamental processes.»
«Though the «blind
brain» wiring may change greatly in the blind in its frontal language related parts, it still retains the most fundamental topographical and functional connectivity organizational principles of the visual cortex, known as «retinotopic mapping» — the processing of two - dimensional visual images through the eye,» said co-lead researcher Amir Amedi, associate professor of medical neurobiology at the Hebrew University's Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and IMRIC, the Institute for Medical Research Israel - Ca
brain» wiring may change greatly in the blind in its frontal language related parts, it still retains the most
fundamental topographical and functional connectivity organizational principles of the visual cortex, known as «retinotopic mapping» — the
processing of two - dimensional visual images through the eye,» said co-lead researcher Amir Amedi, associate professor of medical neurobiology at the Hebrew University's Edmond and Lily Safra Center for
Brain Sciences and IMRIC, the Institute for Medical Research Israel - Ca
Brain Sciences and IMRIC, the Institute for Medical Research Israel - Canada.
«Our results demonstrate that even the simplest
brain structures may play a
fundamental role in complex neural
processes of perception and attention,» said Frank Tong, professor of psychology at Vanderbilt, who conducted the study with postdoctoral fellow Michael Pratte and Sam Ling at Boston University.
Professor Oscar Marín, last author from the MRC CDN, said: «Our study demonstrates the tremendous plasticity of the
brain, and how this relates to
fundamental processes such as learning.
Completely blocking BACE1 in previous mouse models has resulted in major
brain defects, as the enzyme controls several
fundamental developmental
processes.
The discovery opens a vast field of potential therapy, for while glutamate carries out such
fundamental processes as sensory perception, learning and memory, changes in its role contribute to many
brain diseases.
More recently, Halassa has found that the part of the
brain's thalamus that is not involved in
processing sensory signals can function as a signal amplifier for the
brain's cortex, providing a tantalizing glimpse of undisclosed findings of
fundamental significance to neuroscientists.
Research in the
Brain Function Laboratory has made
fundamental contributions to understanding the neural
processes for cognitive control that enable flexible goal directed behaviors including the resolution of conflict.
While the buzz of fly wings is more likely to elicit a sense of annoyance than wonder, insect flight behavior links a series of
fundamental processes within both the physical and biological sciences: neuronal signaling within
brains, the dynamics of unsteady fluid flow, musculoskeletal mechanics, the structural mechanics of composite materials, ecology and evolution.
And in the
process, Boser acknowledges one of the
fundamental contradictions related to this accrued scientific knowledge of education and human development: At no other time have we known so much about human potential — the plasticity of the
brain, the conditions that activate and stimulate human performance, and the ways technology can deliver knowledge and skills - training at a scale and efficiency that was unimaginable even a decade ago.
«So, we've done some research with some really
fundamental processes and looking at EEGs and what's actually happening in people's
brains while they're getting confused and getting feedback and overcoming misconceptions,» Lodge says.
The fact is, emotion is so
fundamental to the decision making
process that one scientific study has shown that people with damage to the emotional centers of the
brain consistently struggle to make even the most basic choices.