Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific field concerned with the study of the biological processes and aspects that underlie cognition, with a specific focus on the neural connections in the brain that are involved in mental processes. It addresses how cognitive activities are affected or controlled by neural circuits in the brain. The field sits at the intersection of neuroscience and psychology, overlapping with related disciplines such as behavioral neuroscience, cognitive psychology, physiological psychology and affective neuroscience.
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Central QuestionCognitive neuroscience asks how cognitive activities such as memory, attention, language and perception are affected or controlled by neural circuits in the brain, joining theories from cognitive science to evidence from neurobiology and computational modeling. 1 Key DebateCognitive neuroscience grew out of a historical dispute between the localizationist view, that specific mental abilities are localized to specific brain areas, and the aggregate field view, that all areas of the brain participate in every mental function, a tension modern brain-mapping technology continues to probe rather than fully resolve. 1 Connections
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1. Cognitive neuroscience
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It addresses the questions of how cognitive activities are affected or controlled by neural circuits in the brain.
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According to the aggregate field view, all areas of the brain participate in every mental function.
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Body transfer illusion is the illusion of owning either a part of a body or an entire body other than one's own, thus it is sometimes referred to as "body ownership" in the research literature.
View the SourceWikipedia: Lisa Feldman Barrett
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Lisa Feldman Barrett is a Canadian-American psychologist.
Brenda Milner (Wikipedia)
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Brenda Milner (née Langford; born 15 July 1918) is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology.
Wikipedia: Present bias
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Present bias is the tendency to settle for a smaller present reward rather than wait for a larger future reward, in a trade-off situation.
Neural adaptation (Wikipedia)
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Neural adaptation or sensory adaptation is a gradual decrease over time in the responsiveness of the sensory system to a constant stimulus.
Microwave auditory effect - Wikipedia
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The microwave auditory effect, also known as the microwave hearing effect or the Frey effect, consists of the human perception of sounds induced by pulsed or modulated radio frequencies.
Wikipedia: Mirror Neuron
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A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another.
Suzanne Corkin (Wikipedia)
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She was a leading scholar in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience.
Roger Sperry (Wikipedia)
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Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913, April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, who, together with David H.
Wikipedia: Aikaterini Fotopoulou
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Aikaterini Fotopoulou, also known as Katerina Fotopoulou, is a Greek psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist.
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