Cognitive neuroscience

The Brain on Love All relationships change the brain — but the most important ones are the intimate bonds that cultivate or ruin us, that shape one’s memories, emotions and personality. Love carries multiple definitions but in one’s own words, love is a deep emotion of affection and attachment toward others. It’s been a significant theme for artists for thousands of years, being a source of inspiration for poetry, music, literature, paintings, and many other fine arts. Due to the biological and evolutionary

Matilda Comenote Anita Newman English 24 Senior project November 30th, 2015 Title Psychology helps us understand the way humans think and how our brain functions, this may also include certain behaviors in any given situation. My research is based on the psychology of childhood social and emotional development, and adolescence. Like a lot of things in psychology and this world, this has led my research to prove their is a direct correlation between social and emotional development in children

The idea of epigenesis has become well known as an integral part of the constructivist theory which states that neural activity within the brain is largely spontaneous, driven by genetic and molecular instances (Mareschal, D., Johnson, M.H., & Grayson, A., 2004). However, after birth, the neural activity is influenced by sensory and motor experience and the outside environment (Mareschal et al, 2004). Epigenesis is what the constructivist theory is about, the interaction between genes and the environment

Within the skull lies the most complex organ known to mankind -- the human brain. With a mass of only 6 kilograms, the brain contains over 100 billion living cells and 1 million kilometers of interconnecting fibers; but, exactly how does it function? Marketing and sales managers would love to know why consumers are attracted to certain advertising, packaging and brands. Martin Lindstrom, author of Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, explains the marketing challenge, “When we walk down an aisle

Although the woman could not remember the man each day, she began to refuse to shake his hand due to fear of being hurt. This showed that the patient could not form new memories but the brain can ensure that the systems related to fear can override cognitive processing when encountering a threat. As we can see, the brain plays a strong role in producing fear responses. Additionally, there are physical indicators of fear too. The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for the ‘fight or flight’ affect

Cognitive psychology is concerned with the internal processes involved in making sense of the environment and deciding what action may be appropriate. These processes include attention, perception, learning and reasoning, (Eysenck and Keane, 2010).There are a number of approaches which can be used within this field, however for the purposes of the essay only two will be compared; cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. The aims of cognitive neuroscientists are often similar to those of cognitive

Introduction Approximately three percent of the population of the U.S has said they have, in fact experienced a near death experience or NDE. While being involved in a near death experience there are reports that consist of involving one or more of the following: having an awareness of being dead, having an out of body experiences, feelings of euphoria, seeing a tunnel of light, and meeting deceased people. After experiencing this phenomenon, the near death survivor often reports a non-fear

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH BCI Abstract A Brain-Computer Interface is a communication and control system in which human mind can be translated to the external world without the help of the normal output pathways of muscles and nerves. Each time we do something or think about doing something, our brain generates distinct signals. These signals corresponding to an activity, has a pattern. Finding this pattern is a challenging job and is the main task of any Brain-Computer Interface. A BCI acquires

Cognitive neuroscience categorised as one of the many approaches to human cognition, focuses on the study of both the brain and behaviour in collaboration. Evidence from such approaches can be used to understand in depth, the mental processes forming cognition. Consequently, this contributes to our understanding of the mind. Despite vast development in this field, various challenges are posed as no single method can answer every question raised due to its limitations and therefore must be combined

Smart HCI-Helping People With Disabilities Abstract Technology has reached an age where it is able to interact with human eye movements, gestures and even speeches, resulting in the human computer interaction era. The central nervous system in the human body that controls the bodily movements and allows us to interact with the computers is referred to as the motor system. However, even with these technological advancements the world is experiencing, the human body is far from safe. Every