Many current neurophysiological, psychophysical, and psychological approaches to vision
rest on the idea that when we see, the brain produces an internal representation of the …

In spite of an enormous amount of new experimental laboratory data based on evolving
neuroscientific concepts during the last 25 years peripheral nerve injuries still belong to the …

Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from
complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all …

Dynamic systems is a recent theoretical approach to the study of development. In its
contemporary formulation, the theory grows directly from advances in understanding …

The excitability of the human motor cortex during the development of implicit and declarative
knowledge of a motor task was examined. During a serial reaction time test, subjects …

Progressing gradually from babbling to meaningful sentences is something most babies do
naturally. But why do they? John L. Locke's answer constitutes a fascinating journey along …

High-level visual cortex in humans includes functionally defined regions that preferentially
respond to objects, faces and places. It is unknown how these regions develop and whether …

Background and Purpose Neuroanatomical plasticity is well described in lesions of the
hippocampus but remains a subject of some controversy in the neocortex. The purpose of …

Schizophrenia patients suffer from severe cognitive deficits, such as impaired reality
monitoring. Reality monitoring is the ability to distinguish the source of internal experiences …

When a person produces isometric force with one, two, or three fingers, the other fingers of
the hand also produce a certain force. Enslaving is the involuntary force production by …