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The Action-Perception Of Musical Rhythm: A Review Of Eeg Findings, Jordan Anderson
The Action-Perception Of Musical Rhythm: A Review Of Eeg Findings, Jordan Anderson
Summer Research
Electroencephalography (EEG) research has the potential to illuminate questions of connectivity and temporal dynamics during musical rhythm perception. The phenomenon of sensorimotor synchronization observed when humans time their movements to rhythmic auditory stimuli reveals that these actions predict, rather than respond, to the beat. The phase entrainment of oscillatory activity measured by EEG and predictive modulation of beta band power offer cognitive insights to the auditory-motor relationship. Two main approaches exist to understand beat perception: motor simulation theories and dynamical systems theories. The study of mu wave suppression, considered a marker for mirror activity, has the potential to elucidate the …
Ethical Analysis Of Brain Augmentation Through Nanotechnology, Austin Caras, James Dejesus
Ethical Analysis Of Brain Augmentation Through Nanotechnology, Austin Caras, James Dejesus
Sound Decisions: An Undergraduate Bioethics Journal
The use of nanoparticles for drug delivery and neural cell manipulation may soon allow for organic and electronic brain augmentations. Medical technology being used for cognitive enhancement brings a host of ethical questions related to safety, justice, privacy, and individuality. Issues concerning medical consent and intellectual property will be skewed as neuroscience expands our understanding of the brain, growing our capacity to read and modify it. Socioeconomic strata may realign based on augmentations and employment opportunities may become dependent on specific cognitive enhancements. Long-term effects of unregulated nanoparticle usage could elicit an environmental or human health disaster. The potential …
Metaphors And Mind: An Erp Study Of How The Brain Processes Metaphors, Crystal Poole
Metaphors And Mind: An Erp Study Of How The Brain Processes Metaphors, Crystal Poole
Summer Research
Even though metaphors are frequently used in everyday language, how metaphors are created and comprehended in the brain is not well understood. Metaphors can differ in whether they are conventional (such as “love is war”) or novel (such as “love is a tidal wave”), and an unresolved question is if, and how, novel metaphors might become conventional as they are used. In order to test this question, we will ask participants to respond to literal phrases, conventional metaphors, novel metaphors created by the experimenters, and novel metaphors created by the participants themselves while measuring their brain …
Attempting To Mimic The Brain Synthetically, Aidan Mcdonald
Attempting To Mimic The Brain Synthetically, Aidan Mcdonald
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
Though a variety of approaches have attempted to create synthetic intelligence by building computers that mimic some aspect of the brain's function, none of these have succeed, and in my opinion is unlikely to happen in the future.
Male Verses Female Brains, Laurel Olfson
Male Verses Female Brains, Laurel Olfson
Sound Neuroscience: An Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal
Researching what makes brains unique has been studied for generations; the unique differences between the brains of males and females and what causes them has recently begun to surface as a topic to study. This paper addresses the way that the different brain sexes have been handled over the course of history, from religion to the latest findings.
Visualizing The Correlation Between Human Brain Structure And Function, Douglas Hamilton
Visualizing The Correlation Between Human Brain Structure And Function, Douglas Hamilton
Summer Research
In order to help neuroscience researchers better investigate correlations between human brain structure and function, three visualization techniques were implemented in an existing neuroscience investigation software tool. These techniques aimed to produce effective visualizations of gray matter and white matter in the same virtual scene. The three techniques were: 1) wireframe rendering of the gray matter 2) multiple views of separate data sets with linked vantage point and 3) abstraction of white matter pathways drawn as arcs going outside the gray matter.