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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Is the symbolic meaning of dark/black and light/white innate in humans?
Dark/black and light/white have symbolic meanings(1, 2). Dark/black represents, among others: Grief, evil, mystery (often with hidden threats), lack of knowledge, etc. Light/white represtents, among ...
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If stimulus triggers dopamine release, can dopamine release trigger memory recall of stimulus?
Modern science of sleep is starting to lean towards a viewpoint that dopamine has an important function in dreaming, and that dopaminergic pathways - mesolimbic and mesocortical are activated during ...
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Is there any neuroscience research on the emotion of feeling nothing?
When people entering anechoic chambers, logically there is a sensation of silence because relatively speaking, the sound levels are much lower compared to some normal baseline
Likewise, when there is ...
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Has there been a neuroscientific explanation of the color phi phenomenon?
The color phi phenomenon is a perceptual illusion in the visual domain which was demonstrated in an experiment by Kolers and von Grunau (1976). The experiment is as follows. A sequence of coloured (...
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What neurological processes occur with 'revulsion'?
As the title asks, what neurological processes occur when we feel revulsion?
By revulsion, I mean the involuntary and voluntary physical and psychological responses far stronger than the aversion ...
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Does testosterone level cause more sexual dream content?
I have long been interested in dreaming, including how dream content can shed some light on brain chemistry.
I did a search on the subject of testosterone levels altering dream content and see some ...
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Is it sufficient to say self control eliciting the reduced ERN (error-related negativity) in cognitive control tasks?
The limited resource model of self control suggests that the exertion of self control can impair performance in subsequent cognitive control tasks (for details on the model, check this question. Most ...
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How is interbrain synchrony physically possible?
In this survey of studies about interbrain synchronization, the authors talk about subjective reports of 'self-other merging' (non-singular experiences of consciousness).
The supposition is supported ...
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What are the neuroscience research findings on the importance of breaks in cognitive function and specifically learning?
When I say breaks I mean breaks between periods of the same course, breaks between two distinct courses, single days of, weekends, couple days of, few days of, longer periods of holidays of duration ...
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Is the effect of music on stress just due to beat entrainment?
Different music genres have different beat and rhythm patterns. The lower beat and rhythm frequencies are similar to the frequency of heartbeat and this relax us.
However in my opinion, it's relevant ...
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Is there a fundamental difference in the way we think while writing when compared to speaking?
I had a discussion with my friend recently about slip-ups in speech - the ones where you intented a gramatically correct sentence but somewhere between the conscious mind and your mouth a (usually ...
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Research on computational models of physiological mechanisms in affective neuroscience at a biochemical level
As computational neuroscience has the mainstream on single neuron/network modelling for biochemical aspect, and computational modelling of physiological mechanism of hippocampus for analytic study of ...
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Is the mind's adaptation to increased traveling speeds, physical or psychological?
When a motor vehicle increases in speed, we soon adjust to the faster pace of movement; seemingly by processing incoming information faster.
Is this purely psychological, with the brain "dropping" ...
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What is the neurobiological basis of Spearman general factor of intelligence?
I found a brief intro to the genetic factor of human intelligence: "Biology of human intelligence" by J A Böök (1976).
Also it is known that gyrus hipocampii is basis of STM which have role ...
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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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