Questions tagged [cognitive-neuroscience]
For questions regarding the study of the underlying neural substrates of cognition, especially those at the crossroads of psychology and neurobiology
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anorexiant αMSH
I came across https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sites/default/files/2020NutritionStrategicPlan_508.pdf curious after a lecture in nutritional genomics.
The 2020–2030 Strategic Plan for NIH Nutrition Research
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Research and theories related to the physical form of Cognitive Fallacies
Is there any research about what physically happens inside our brain anatomically and neurologically when we humans commit cognitive fallacies (especially those fallacies documented in the book of ...
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What is the role of mesolimbic dopamine in associative or reinforcement learning?
I was recently told about a Science paper that suggests the old model of association of cause with effect is incorrect. In this model, cue comes, reward occurs, cue comes again, prediction of reward ...
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What does the current literature say on the relationship of psychedelic drugs and neuroplasticity?
The majority of my understanding of the current literature comes from this paper found in Nature.
The purpose of the paper is to examine "specific questions about the effects of psychedelics on ...
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Having issue in functional connectivity of difference matrix between patient group and control group
I am following a paper to calculate functional connectivity of difference between MDD (major depressive disorder group) and Control group. I am getting more connectivity in MDD as compared to control ...
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How is the distinction between discrete and continuous materialized in the brain
It's generally admitted that some things are continuous (e.g. quantity of water, the length of a stick) whereas some other are not (how many oranges do I have in my bag?).
In mathematics, discrete ...
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How to get a psychology research assistant position?
I am a recent postgraduate student of social psychology and I have been trying to look for RA positions without much luck. My applications are getting rejected without any feedback and I am a little ...
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Can a psychiatrist himself need psychological help after working with a mentally ill patient and how can he protect himself from this? [duplicate]
A psychiatrist identifies mental disorders and pathologies, diagnoses, treats and prevents them. Process of implementing non-pharmacological psychological correction of the patient’s psycho-emotional ...
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Commonality of Personality disorders [duplicate]
Why is NPD are OCPD,BPD classfied as personality disorder? Especially for the last one.
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Why does handedness suggest that the brain is asymmetrical?
From The Human Mind, by Paul Bloom:
If you just look at a brain - if you remove it from somebody's head and put it on the table - it looks symmetrical. But it isn't. The asymmetry of the brain is ...
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At what rate and to what extent do metabolic waste products from neurons diffuse throughout the brain?
At what rate and to what extent do metabolic waste products from neurons diffuse throughout the brain?
Do the metabolic waste products remain local to the neurons being used, or do those waste ...
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MNI vs. study-specific template in ABIDE ASD datasets
I'm new to MRI analysis and don't think I can properly gauge the implications to subsequent spatial analysis of performing registration to the MNI152 template. The form of analysis I'm conducting ...
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Correlation of Gene Expression with Dynamic Imaging Phenotypes
I've been researching the process of performing a spatial correlation between gene expression in the brain and particular imaging phenotypes such as structural white matter connectivity. My research ...
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Gene Expression Database for Psychological Disorders
Is there a comprehensive database available online of gene expression across the brain taken from individuals with psychological conditions? Resources like the Allen Institute's Human Brain Map (link ...
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Neuroimaging vs. Gene Expression for Neurological Disorders
As someone who has recently started learning about how we study the brain, the two most common forms of data I've encountered are neuroimaging data (fMRI scans, etc.) of the brain's distribution of ...
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