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Mevel, Katell; Fransson, Peter; Bölte, Sven – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
Current evidence suggests the phenotype of autism spectrum disorder to be driven by a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors impacting onto brain maturation, synaptic function, and cortical networks. However, findings are heterogeneous, and the exact neurobiological pathways of autism spectrum disorder still remain poorly…
Descriptors: Autism, Twins, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests
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Perkell, Joseph S. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: The author presents a view of research in speech motor control over the past 5 decades, as observed from within Ken Stevens's Speech Communication Group (SCG) in the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT. Method: The author presents a limited overview of some important developments and discoveries. The perspective is based…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Psychomotor Skills, Phonology, Syllables
Smith, Nathaniel J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation contains several projects, each addressing different questions with different techniques. In chapter 1, I argue that they are unified thematically by their goal of "scaling up psycholinguistics"; they are all aimed at analyzing large data-sets using tools that reveal patterns to propose and test mechanism-neutral hypotheses about…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Scaling, Medicine, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Albert, Dustin; Steinberg, Laurence – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
In this article, we review the most important findings to have emerged during the past 10 years in the study of judgment and decision making (JDM) in adolescence and look ahead to possible new directions in this burgeoning area of research. Three inter-related shifts in research emphasis are of particular importance and serve to organize this…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Decision Making, Cognitive Processes, Adolescents
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Blatt, F. J. – Physics Teacher, 1974
Summarizes research done on the resting and action potential of nerve impulses, electrical excitation of nerve cells, electrical properties of Nitella, and temperature effects on action potential. (GS)
Descriptors: Biophysics, Botany, College Science, Electricity
Schwartz, James H. – Scientific American, 1980
Historically described are research studies which led to the current explanation of the two kinds of intracellular transport-axoplasmic flow and axoral transport. Models explaining their fundamental mechanism and the kinds of materials they convey are presented. (BT)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Cytology, Models
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Satz, Paul – Science, 1979
A new method generates specific predictions concerning the expected frequencies of aphasia after unilateral injury to the brain in the left- and right-handed. These predictions are then compared with the observed data for all known studies between 1935 and 1973 to derive the best-fitting model of hemispheric speech lateralization in the left- and…
Descriptors: Models, Neurological Impairments, Neurological Organization, Neurology
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Botvinick, Matthew M.; Plaut, David C. – Psychological Review, 2006
Despite a century of research, the mechanisms underlying short-term or working memory for serial order remain uncertain. Recent theoretical models have converged on a particular account, based on transient associations between independent item and context representations. In the present article, the authors present an alternative model, according…
Descriptors: Models, Short Term Memory, Serial Ordering, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Vaughan, Christopher – Science News, 1988
Reviews research done on the nature of vision from a neurologic perspective. Proposes a multiplex filter model to explain patterns in the signals transmitted to the brain from the retina. Describes experiments done to test the model. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Eyes, Higher Education, Models
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Sejnowski, Terrence J.; And Others – Science, 1988
Describes the use of brain models to connect the microscopic level accessible by molecular and cellular techniques with the systems level accessible by the study of behavior. Discusses classes of brain models, and specific examples of such models. Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of using brain modelling to understand human brain function.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Science, Higher Education, Models
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Squire, Larry R. – Science, 1986
Focuses on the brain processes and brain systems involved in learning and memory from a neuropsychological perspective of analysis. Reports findings related to the locus of memory storage, types of memory and knowledge, and memory consolidation. Models of animal memory are also examined. An extensive reference list is included. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Encoding (Psychology), Human Body, Long Term Memory