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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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Are there mental reflexes?

Similar to knee-jerk or withdrawal, are there any innate reflexes in cognition? Are they based on personality, or are there any that are universal?
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Is there evidence of suppression of the frontal cortex during herding behavior?

Phenomena such as large-scale stock market sell-offs and financial panic in general are often explained in terms of herding behaviors. At how primitive of a level does one actually "follow the herd"? In other words, does this behavior elicit a…
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"Memory and the Computational Brain" by Gallistel & King

I am looking for opinions on this book particularly whether it is a suitable intro to the field of cognitive neuroscience. What I would not like is a book that is really a collage of introductory articles that bear little relation to one another.…
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What does "non-linear processing" mean, exactly?

In the following sentence from "How does the brain solve visual object recognition?" by DiCarlo et al.: In sum, our view is that the “output” of the ventral stream is reflexively expressed in neuronal firing rates across a short interval of…
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Is there explanation of persistent laziness?

As we say when we feel happy there are some biological explanation of some feelings like happiness and sadness as they explain here. So I say whatever we feel can be explained in biological way, so what about when one feel lazy? In the way that…
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What does double dissociation really tell us?

In psychological research, a single dissociation is when a manipulation leaves one cognitive function (say, A) intact whilst severing another (say, B). This indicates the functions A and B are at least partially independent. A double dissociation is…
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Can people improve their memory by training themselves to recall previously forgotten memories?

Apparently, somebody has recalled previously forgotton memories and become able to speak fluent french after a coma. I'm wondering if people can also train themselves to be good at recalling previously forgotten memories by training themselves to…
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Ranking of produced "brain fatigue" from different mind intensive activities

I'd like to know if there has been an study, or different studies for each activity with which the ranking could be done, that determines a ranking like that with mind intensive activities, I refer to things like playing chess, performing advanced…
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What is the maximum amount of synapses? What processes (if any) increase synapse amount?

How plastic is the brain? What is the maximum amount of synapses? What processes (if any) increase synapse amount? What are some of the advantages of having more or less synapses?
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How does neural synchronization happen and what if it doesn’t work like it should in healthy people?

How does neural synchronization happen and what results/shows up if it doesn’t work like it should like described here: Moreover, chaotic behavior stemming from self-organization processes in the human brain could explain “randomness” in neural…
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Does an electrical stimulation of a right claustrum leads to a temporary loss of consciousness?

In a study by Koubeissi et al. (2014) there was an experiment on a patient to find out which part of the brain caused her epilepsy. In this experiment they have found out that if they electrically stimulate her left claustrum, the person would lose…
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Does blood pressure increase during deliberate period of focus?

Does blood pressure increase during a deliberate period of focus? My reason for formulating this hypothesis is personal experience. A simple example is when I work, sitting, at the PC. Let's say I work 25-45 minutes. When I am working my breathing…
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THC and the Brain damage

Are people who react badly(paranoia/more severe anxiety) to weed/THC at risk for damaging effects to the brain compared to the general population? Does a certain type of brain chemistry/neuro disease get exacerbated from heavy THC usage…
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Is there a connection between synaptic density and cognitive capacity?

Are there studies that reveal how many synapses per mm3 are there in the average dolphin brain, compared to elephants and humans? I am wondering if there is a connection between synaptic density and cognitive capacity.
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Using IT to quickly make a simulated brain

First of all, I would like to say that I know nothing about cognitive sciences. I am just posting this question because it interested me and I stumbled across this group in stack exchange. I was recently speaking to a cognitive scientist who had…
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