Sentences with phrase «subcortical structures»
"Subcortical structures" refers to the parts of the brain that are located below the outer layer called the cortex. These structures play important roles in regulating emotions, controlling movement, and processing sensory information. Full definition
The results showed that the decrease of pleasant response to music shown by participants with musical anhedonia is related to a reduction in the activity of the nucleus accumbens, a key subcortical structure of the reward system.
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This is the same subcortical structure that reacts to fast unconscious assessment of threats.
«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.
All belief systems rely upon a common set of brain structures including the prefrontal cortex, anterior temporal lobe, and subcortical structures concerned with emotion and reward.
Another set of neural structures that may not contribute directly to conscious experience are subcortical structures such as the basal ganglia.
Also noteworthy in this context, the prefrontal brain systems that process rewards and support reward - based decision - making undergo a prolonged and vulnerable developmental trajectory, and an impaired capacity of these prefrontal systems to regulate subcortical structures (particularly striatal regions of the basal ganglia) is implicated in risky, impulsive and otherwise disadvantageous decision - making from childhood through later life (for review, Fareri et al.
Under the monocular, but not the dichoptic, presentation, the visual information reaches the same subcortical structure.
Imaging studies have shown differences in the frontal cortex and subcortical structures of the brain in patients with OCD.
In ASD this process appears to be altered: their sensory cortex appears to be abnormally coupled to subcortical structures.»
The grand symphonic piece that is consciousness encompasses the foundational contributions of the brain stem, forever hitched to the body, and the wider - than - the - sky imagery created in the cooperation of cerebral cortex and subcortical structures, all harmoniously stitched together, in ceaseless forward motion, interruptible only by sleep, anesthesia, brain dysfunction, or death.
Life stress also impacts the ventral striatum, a subcortical structure in the brain that supports motivation and responsiveness to rewarding situation and situations that foster learning.