Blair, David Sutherland (Date of defense: 2023-04-24)
The past decade has seen several attempts to employ the entropy of neuroimaging signals as a potential biomarker for cognitive decline or traumatic brain injury (C. Y. Liu et al. 2013; Adhikari et al. ...
Idesis, Sebastian Ariel (Date of defense: 2023-11-03)
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and a major contributor to disability. However, our understanding of the consequences of stroke lesions remains limited, relying mainly on behavioral ...
Albantakis, Larissa (Date of defense: 2011-11-29)
Neurophysiological brain processes during perceptual decision-making have mainly been investigated under the simplified conditions of two-alternative forced-choice (2AFC) tasks. How do established ...
Glomb, Katharina (Date of defense: 2017-01-13)
Spontaneous brain activity, measured under the absence of any overt task, has been investigated under the label of “resting state” for about 20 years with rising interest. While it was known since the ...
Martí Ortega, Daniel (Date of defense: 2008-11-12)
Models computacionals basats en xarxes a gran escala d'inspiració neurobiològica permeten descriure els correlats neurals de la decisió observats en certes àrees corticals com una transició entre atractors ...
Tornador Antolin, Cristian (Date of defense: 2016-01-25)
Depression is the most common type of emotional disorder among the world's population. It is characterized by negative sentiments, the feeling of guilt, low self-esteem, a loss of interest, a high-level ...
Jobst, Beatrice M. (Date of defense: 2018-05-11)
Brain activity during rest exhibits a robust intrinsic spatio-temporal structure characterized by correlated patterns of neural activity. The study of the brain in altered states of vigilance or ...
Loh, Marco (Date of defense: 2008-02-11)
El aprendizaje visuomotor condicional es un paradigma en el que las asociaciones estímulo-respuesta se aprenden a través de una recompensa. Un experimento típico se desarrolla de la siguiente forma: ...
Cabral, Joana R. B. (Date of defense: 2012-07-18)
La actividad cerebral exhibe complejos fenómenos oscilatorios similares a los que se observan en modelos de redes artificiales con osciladores acoplados. Por un lado, estudios sobre la actividad cerebral ...
Bergoin, Raphaël (Date of defense: 2023-12-11)
Brain circuits display modular architecture at different scales of organization. Such neural assemblies are typically associated to functional specialization that favours both the segregation and the ...