Sentences with phrase «spatial mapping in»

Brain imaging techniques revealed that men found their way out of the maze using the left hippocampus, a memory storage region that also governs spatial mapping in the physical environment.

Each place cell is activated by a location; together, they create a spatial map in the brain.

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This procedure was developed by Poole and Rosenthal in the 1980s and is a «scaling procedure», representing legislators on a spatial map.

She is also interested in research methods, particularly mapping and spatial techniques in quantitative social research.

Geospatial technologies can be incorporated into forensic anthropological research in multiple ways, including the use of GPS, mapping, spatial statistics, photogrammetry, and interactive online geo - visualizations.

This NASA MARS 2020 approach of mapping the elemental, mineral, and organic composition of rocks at high spatial resolution with non-destructive techniques is now commonly used on Earth to provide unambiguous evidence for early life in its preserved nanoscale context.

This information is exploited to map the electric field distribution in the near - field aperture with molecular spatial resolution.

«In the second paper, we created a spatial map of alpha - synuclein, cataloging all the proteins in living neurons that were in close proximity to the protein,» explained Chee Yeun Chung, former Whitehead Institute Senior Research Scientist, who co-led both studies with KhuranIn the second paper, we created a spatial map of alpha - synuclein, cataloging all the proteins in living neurons that were in close proximity to the protein,» explained Chee Yeun Chung, former Whitehead Institute Senior Research Scientist, who co-led both studies with Khuranin living neurons that were in close proximity to the protein,» explained Chee Yeun Chung, former Whitehead Institute Senior Research Scientist, who co-led both studies with Khuranin close proximity to the protein,» explained Chee Yeun Chung, former Whitehead Institute Senior Research Scientist, who co-led both studies with Khurana.

They plot the areas in question using spatial coordinates from the Geographic Information System and then post the maps on the Internet.

To simplify the problem of studying how the brain makes a spatial map, a team lead by Jean - René Duhamel and Werner Graf of CNRS - Collège de France in Paris trained two macaque monkeys to focus their eyes on a spot of light on a screen; the dot would appear for a few seconds, disappear, then appear a few seconds later somewhere else on the screen.

This is the first time in the UK that researchers have produced these maps at such high spatial resolution.

These neurons, described in today's issue of Nature, appear to be first in line to process incoming visual signals into a spatial map, suggesting that one of the brain's first steps toward making sense of the outside world is to compensate for the body's own motion.

Recently, some researchers have proposed that in some cases, dyscalculia may arise not from a «core deficit» in the ability to compare quantities, but instead from an «access deficit» — a problem in how the brain links perceptions of quantity to number symbols such as Arabic numerals, or in how it maps numbers onto verbal or spatial processes.

Bees don't have the brain structure, called the hippocampus, thought to store the spatial memories underlying mental maps in humans.

The work of Kremkow and colleagues indicates that the organization of all maps originates from the same principle: an arrangement of thalamic afferents that minimizes differences in spatial position, eye input and light / dark polarity among neighboring cortical neurons.

To test whether the hippocampus could actually form spatial maps using only visual landmarks, Mehta's team devised a noninvasive virtual reality environment and studied how the hippocampal neurons in the brains of rats reacted in the virtual world without the ability to use smells and sounds as cues.

These «maps», found in the motor and sensory cortices (see diagram, below), tend to preserve the basic spatial layout of the body — neurons that represent our fingers are closer to neurons that represent our arms than our feet, for example.

As a consequence of the greater spatial mapping of darks, a 0.5 x 0.5 mm cube of visual cortex can represent the same position of a dark spot but different positions of light spots that appear to rotate around a dark anchor in visual space.

Researchers from the University of Vermont and Oregon State University used spatial models and statistical analyses to map 81 fires as well as insect outbreaks over a 25 - year period in Oregon and Washington state.

«We think the cognitive map in the hippocampus is not just for knowing where the self is located,» says Fujisawa, «but also for plotting the locations of other people, animals, or objects, and to comprehend the spatial environment surrounding the self.»

Falk reasoned that the extra neurons of men and rhesus males are most likely dedicated to visual - spatial skills, such as map reading, distinguishing between left and right, and mentally rotating figures — all abilities useful for navigating uncharted territories in search of mates.

«Until the launch of the OCO - 2 satellite mission in 2014 we had global maps of SIF but at coarse spatial resolution, each pixel compromising areas of about 50 x 50 kilometres in the best case,» says Luis Guanter from GFZ.

In addition, the Honeycomb Maze enables researchers to study the correlation of spatial navigation performance with the activity of place cells in the hippocampus where there is a map of an animal's location in spacIn addition, the Honeycomb Maze enables researchers to study the correlation of spatial navigation performance with the activity of place cells in the hippocampus where there is a map of an animal's location in spacin the hippocampus where there is a map of an animal's location in spacin space.

The spatial mapping might also arise from a physical map of numbers in the brain, which has been found in humans in the right posterior parietal cortex but has not yet been seen in animals.

With maps of place cell activations in hand, the researchers were able to cross - reference each participant's spatial memories as they accessed their episodic memories of the delivered items.

Amélie works in the realm of marine and coastal ecology and conservation and her research interests include the use of spatial tools (GIS, spatio - temporal analyses, bio-logging, habitat mapping) to understand and mitigate impacts of anthropogenic activities and changes on wildlife and natural values.

Using SALVI in SIMS, located at DOE's EMSL, the team also created a chemical spatial map of the air - liquid interface.

When it comes to the human brain, the spatial reasoning required for decoding a standard map and the instructions in a GPS device are very different.

Neurobiologists refer to this type of neuronal connection — in which the spatial order of neurons of one part of the nervous system is «copied» onto another — as «topographic mapping.»

ASTER data is used to create detailed maps of land surface temperature, reflectance, and elevation.ASTER captures high spatial resolution data in 14 bands, from the visible to the thermal infrared wavelengths, and provides stereo viewing capability for digital elevation model creation.

The work has received a lot of attention both nationally and internationally, and the discovery of «grid cells» which comprise a neural map of the spatial environment will appear in neuroscience textbooks.

Krist et al. (2014) suggest that expected climate changes would increase pathogen and insect risks to forests beyond those mapped in Figure 4 - 9 or, at a minimum, alter the spatial patterns of risk.

EPR imaging (EPRI) is a powerful technique that enables 3D spatial in vivo mapping of radical metabolism, oxygenation, and nitric oxide; however, the utility and power of EPRI has been greatly limited by the need for complementary anatomic and functional data.

Dual regression employs a set of spatial maps derived from the initial group ICA in a linear model fit against each individual fMRI dataset, resulting in matrices describing the temporal dynamics of the corresponding networks for each subject (Beckmann et al., 2005; Filippini et al., 2009).

Since the discovery (in a human patient named H.M.) that hippocampal removal can lead to the inability to form new memories, the hippocampus has been studied as one of the primary sites of memory formation in the brain.12 While it has also been known since O'Keefe and Dostrovsky's initial experiments that the hippocampus plays a basic role in spatial navigation, how and why this tiny portion of the brain can host both spatial maps and complex memories has remained poorly understood.

In summary, here we show sensory - based global remapping in a mammal, suggesting that the hippocampus does not contain an abstract spatial map but rather a «cognitive atlas», with multiple maps for different sensory modalitieIn summary, here we show sensory - based global remapping in a mammal, suggesting that the hippocampus does not contain an abstract spatial map but rather a «cognitive atlas», with multiple maps for different sensory modalitiein a mammal, suggesting that the hippocampus does not contain an abstract spatial map but rather a «cognitive atlas», with multiple maps for different sensory modalities.

Based on the spatially - resolved $ Spitzer $ / IRS maps, we examine spatial variations of the PAH properties in detail.

With the Fourier Transform Spectrometer of the AKARI / Far - Infrared Surveyor, we performed the far - infrared (60 - 140 cm ^ -1) spectral mapping of an area of about 10» x 10» which includes the two clusters to obtain a low - resolution (R = 1.2 cm ^ -1) spectrum at every spatial bin o... ▽ More We investigate the properties of interstellar dust in the Galactic center region toward the Arches and Quintuplet clusters.

The survey in far - infrared waveband covers 50 um — 180 um with four bands centered at 65 um, 90 um, 140 um, and 160 um and spatial... ▽ More We demonstrate the capability of AKARI for mapping diffuse far - infrared emission and achieved reliability of all - sky diffuse map.

* Practising 2D shape manipulation, to develop visual - spatial awareness, mathematical problem - solving skills, and awareness of geometric shape properties (Tangram Cats) * Working with visual codes in addition (Cat Sums in Tens, Cat Sums in Hundreds, Cat Paw Bonds — Adding to 50) * Recalling multiplication facts, in fun ways (Cat Dish Factors, Cat Paw Bonds — Multiplication) * Investigating geometric patterns in polygons (Cheese Patterns) * Reading keys and interpreting pictogram graphs (Favourite Foods of Cats) * Working with directions on visual maps (Cat Directions), and map coordinates (Cat Island) * Word puzzles which provide practice with syllables, digraphs (Cat Word Patterns) & word families (Hidden Words) * Solving visual - spatial puzzles (Cat Logic Puzzle).

Understand how to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.

In my social studies classroom, students use spatial intelligence to read maps and graphs, to view video clips or transparencies, and in individual project assignments that include artwork such as dioramas, murals, or video presentationIn my social studies classroom, students use spatial intelligence to read maps and graphs, to view video clips or transparencies, and in individual project assignments that include artwork such as dioramas, murals, or video presentationin individual project assignments that include artwork such as dioramas, murals, or video presentations.

How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context

Have students record the correct spatial terms (either map, list, or otherwise represent on paper, in journal, etc..)

To think more about the stories that data tell, especially in spatial form, teacher candidates explored Esri's Story Maps, an extension of ArcGIS Online.

The role of GST in geography education has become more explicit in the revision of Geography Standard 1, «How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information» (Heffron & Downs, 2012, p. 21), reflecting the development of GST and increased recognition of spatial thinking as a key practice in geography (Bednarz, 2015).

Mapping Our Way to South America: A Study of Spatial Sense Maps and Globes: Where in the World are We?

After Grieve and Nini were able to determine these terms as well as their locations, they used a spatial analysis technique known as hot - spot testing to create the smooth mapping style, which you can adjust, that you see in their interactive.

The viewer is drawn in to the works through a familiarity of images from daily life and also by the spatial quality of the drawing employed, to document the artist's daily walks through a city, to map, to explore.

In the main gallery of the exhibition, Martinez's poetic tactics and critique of spatial constructions culminates in a series of pieces that offer a deconstructed map, one which engages the dis - order and dis - integrations occurring beneath grids which are «mapped onto» the citIn the main gallery of the exhibition, Martinez's poetic tactics and critique of spatial constructions culminates in a series of pieces that offer a deconstructed map, one which engages the dis - order and dis - integrations occurring beneath grids which are «mapped onto» the citin a series of pieces that offer a deconstructed map, one which engages the dis - order and dis - integrations occurring beneath grids which are «mapped onto» the city.