Questions tagged [neuropsychology]
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Cranial nerve ganglion, or Cranial nerve nucleus?
I have a question that I hope some of you may be able to clarify for me.
I have been taught that dorsal root ganglia are analogous to cranial nerve ganglia except that dorsal root ganglion is located ...
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E-Prime Adaptive Stop Signal
I was wondering if someone had an E-Prime program for the adaptive stop signal task (i.e., the ability to adaptively change the stop signal delay depending on participant responses). Unfortunately the ...
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What is the current (2021) state-of-the-art theory of emotions?
Human emotions, from a scientific perspective, is still quite a blurry topic. There is no clear distinction between feelings, emotions, affects. Even in scientific context most of the time we are ...
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What are the benefits or pitfalls of including an aggregate score (sum or average) for 3 measures of well-being?
I am asking this question to assist with my work in the setting described below, and am working on the below mentioned spreadsheet as I write this. I thought this could be an interesting question to ...
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Can a student being asked a question trigger a true fight-or-flight response?
I have a professor who, in a lecture, briefly describes the neurophysiology of the "fight-or-flight" response. She states "in the hierarchy of information processing, emotional data ...
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Predicting cognitive decline on RBANS test
The RBANS (Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)) is used to evaluate cognitive function in patients with cognitive impairment, stroke or traumatic brain injury. ...
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How can we eliminate the effect of psychiatric medication on neuropsychological research with schizophrenic patients?
It is delicate to conduct studies with schizophrenic patients, considering that the results may be altered by the medication factor. What strategies should be used to counteract this effect?
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Triptans and SSRIs
When talking about triptans used for migraines such as Zolimitriptan, such drugs are selective serotonin receptor agonists.
SSRIs, as their function states, are Selective Serotonin Reuptake ...
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Is it possible to segregate components of verbal and visuospatial working memory using n-back paradigm?
I am trying to segregate different components of verbal working memory and visuospatial working memory.
In order to assess verbal working memory I am using an auditory version of n-back task with a ...
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Do plants feel emotional pain as humans and animals do?
I have a question in mind regarding about plants. I remember there is an experiment where plants raised in good environment with compliments tends to flourish and grows bigger compare to the plants ...
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Timeframe in which thoughts are concieved [closed]
Are thoughts concieved in realtime or are they preprocessed chains ready to be thought or both (depending on the prospective) or am I asking a too generalized question to have any sense ?
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IQ Test stability longitudinal study
I am wondering if someone could direct me to a longitudinal study examining IQ test scores over time. For example, testing a group of test subjects every 10 years from age 5 to age 65.
The reason I ...
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ADHD and the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC)
The cingulate cortex plays a significant role in mediating cognitive influences on emotion (Stevens, Hurley, & Taber, 2011).
Lower-than-normal activations within cingulate cortex have been ...
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Does neurodynamics have any relation to psychodynamics?
From Neural oscillation - Wikipedia:
Neural oscillations are commonly studied from a mathematical framework and belong to the field of "neurodynamics", an area of research in the cognitive sciences ...
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Is this brain map scientifically correct?
I'm not an expert in neuroscience but always read about information that seems conflicting to me. On one side I hear that the idea of single brain functions localized in specific brain areas is ...
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Efficiency of multitasking depending on task difficulty
How does the efficiency of multi-tasking differ by task type? My understanding is that multitasking impairs efficiency for cognitively challenging tasks.
Does this apply to trivial tasks as well?
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Pleasure can be implicated in a chemical reaction in the brain, but does this really affect the intensity of the feeling?
It is true that many, if not all feelings of our mind like euphoria, dysphoria, pleasure, sadness et cetera are linked to a chemical reaction in our brain. This reaction is essentially what causes us ...
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Is there a way to test brain activity/aptitude on a measurable scale in order to identify a suitable occupational aptitude?
It seems individuals are able to adjust their cognitive aptitude to some degree through nurture, which is controlled by various elements such as environment and conditioning. However, they're stuck ...
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What is the current status of neuroeducation? [closed]
How can we apply the cognitive neuroscience in the classroom?
What is a good general reference discussing the current status of neuroeducation?
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What is the effect of listening to music on walking?
How does music affect walking speed and attitude? What will be the effects of different pitch and tempo of music on a person's walking behavior?
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Brain Wave Research PTSD, Depression
Let me preface this with I am a Software Engineer, NOT a neuro-scientist. Please forgive me if my terminology isn't spot on.
I am obsessed with using my skills as a computer scientist to help ...
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Measures to study working memory level related to physical activity
I want to do a study on the effect of physical exercise on working memory. Can you suggest measures for working memory assessment that differentiate levels of memory functioning amongst "normal" ...
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What are the 50 words on the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR)? [closed]
I recently took part in a study that asked me to read 50 words that were spelled differently than they were pronouced, some more commonly used than others. Does anyone know where I could find this ...
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What is the result of an excess of dopamine?
I'm pretty familiar with the results of having not enough dopamine, though the reasons are not so clear to me.
To get a better insight on the topic I'd like to know something about having too much ...
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Reconciling one-dimensional valence with distinct mechanisms for reward/punishment
It is a widespread notion in psychology that there are two dimensions to emotion: valence (aversiveness or attractiveness of some entity) and intensity. However, recent experimental studies in ...
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