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On The Nature Of Synesthesia: A Learned Association Or Something Different?, Niyant Vora
On The Nature Of Synesthesia: A Learned Association Or Something Different?, Niyant Vora
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Synesthesia is a phenomenon that has captivated the interest of many researchers, as it is a unique experience of the blending of the senses. The following study was conducted in an effort to understand whether synesthetic experiences can be learned, as Bor, Rothen, Schwartzman, Clayton, & Seth (2014) claimed. While there has been much research demonstrating that synesthesia is more common in the population than previously thought, and likely to develop in young children as a learning mechanism (Watson et al., 2017a), there have not been as many event-related brain potential (ERP) studies conducted on synesthesia. ERP studies are important …
This Or That?: Object Individuation In Domesticated Dogs (Canis Lupus Familiaris), Ellen Stumph
This Or That?: Object Individuation In Domesticated Dogs (Canis Lupus Familiaris), Ellen Stumph
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Functioning in our everyday lives requires that humans rely on organizing and categorizing our world. This ability to categorize rests on object individuation, the ability to track the identity of objects when they leave and reenter sight. Objects can be individuated using three types of information: spatiotemporal, object property and object kind. Surprisingly, noun comprehension may affect infants’ use of object kind information (Xu 1999; Xu 2002). However, research using a comparative approach suggests that the ability to use kind information to aid in object individuation may not be unique to humans: great apes, rhesus monkeys and dogs all successfully …
Task Specificity And Functional Outcome: What Is Best For Post-Stroke Rehabilitation?, Rachel Tomazin
Task Specificity And Functional Outcome: What Is Best For Post-Stroke Rehabilitation?, Rachel Tomazin
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Stroke is a debilitating insult to the brain occurring from a blockage in blood supply (ischemic), or a bleed (hemorrhagic) in one hemisphere of the brain. Worldwide, approximately 10 million people are left with moderate to severe disability due to stroke; the most common deficit is upper extremity impairment. Current stroke rehabilitation strategies utilize task specific training of a skill, meaning one practices the specific skill they want to regain. However, it is possible that there are more generalized types of therapy that can be as effective in rehabilitating debilitated skills. The current study utilizes several skilled reaching tasks in …