Not exact matches
It is
involved in higher functions such as
sensory perception, generation of motor commands, spatial reasoning, conscious thought, and in humans, language.
This implies that different cortical areas, for instance those
involving cognition vs. those
involving perception of
sensory stimuli, have evolved to tailor their local circuits to specific brain functions.
«During the development from childhood to adolescence, the spontaneous activity of cortical regions
involved in basic
sensory perception decouples from the activity of subcortical structures relaying
sensory information from the
sensory organs to the cortex,» explains Keysers.
For the OM, enriched genes are dominated by those encoding ORs and, those
involved in the olfactory transduction pathway and
sensory perception.
Alexei Koulakov and colleagues are trying to determine the mathematical rules by which the brain assembles itself, with particular focus on the formation of
sensory circuits such as those
involved in visual
perception and olfaction.
We know that beat
perception in humans
involves the coordinated engagement of
sensory, motor and cognitive processes.
This results in a heightened chronic stress response that may affect many systems of the brain and body, especially those
involved with emotion,
sensory perception and cognitive function.
Several structures located deep within the brain, such as the hippocampus (responsible for the formation and storage of memories) and the thalamus (
involved in the regulation of
sensory perception), comprise the limbic system, a complex network that controls our emotional responses, survival instincts, memory creation, and memory retrieval.