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Role Of Alpha Oscillations In Reweighting Multiple Attributes During Choice, Samuel I. Dunham
Role Of Alpha Oscillations In Reweighting Multiple Attributes During Choice, Samuel I. Dunham
CMC Senior Theses
In our everyday lives, we must often weigh the different attributes of items in order to select the item that best fits our current goals, allowing us to make optimal decisions. Construal Level Theory proposes a psychological mechanism for re-weighting attributes, utilizing selective attention as the process by which we implement self-control. It has been hypothesized that switching attention between attributes is facilitated by the suppression of cortical oscillations over posterior brain regions within the alpha (8-12 Hz) frequency range. To test this idea, we re-examined previously collected whole-brain electroencephalography (EEG) data from a dietary choice experiment in which participants …
Dynamic Diseases In Neurology And Psychiatry, John Milton, Deborah Black
Dynamic Diseases In Neurology And Psychiatry, John Milton, Deborah Black
WM Keck Science Faculty Papers
Thirty-two (32) periodic diseases of the nervous system are identified in which symptoms and/or signs recur. In 10/32, the recurrence of a symptom complex is one of the defining features of the illness, whereas in 22/32 oscillatory signs occur in the setting of an ongoing nervous system disorder. We discuss the possibility that these disorders may be dynamic diseases.