Kalb The Pathways of Mind

A Neural Theory of Mental Processing Mathematical Principles, Empirical Evidence, and Clinical Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-3-7091-6255-2
Verlag: Springer Wien
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten, eBook

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kalb, Roland

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The time measurement of stimulus-response pathways: Measurement of reaction times in healthy subjects: Bihemispheric visual reaction tasks, The bihemispheric visual median finger reaction tasks, Monohemispheric visual reaction tasks, Monohemispheric auditory reaction tasks, The intra-individual variability of reaction time; Measurement of reaction times in patients: The reaction times of patients with monohemispheric brain lesions, The reaction times of patients with schizophrenia; The event-related potentials of reaction tasks: The ERP of auditory reaction tasks.- The spatiotemporal structure of stimulus-response pathways: Measurement of elementary time: The procedure 'NESTLE” in a computer program called 'FPM31e”, The Chronophoresis of x11y, x22y, and x33y, Attributes of elementary times; Measurement of pathway structure: The linear and cyclical part of the pathway (FPM31e), The variability of the linear part of the pathway, The variability of the cyclical part of the pathway; Discussion: Critical considerations.- Applications of stimulus-response pathways in neurology and psychiatry: The pathways of healthy subjects: Convergence tables, Collection of Equations, Symmetries and Statistics; The pathways of patients with monohemispheric brain lesions: Convergence tables, Collection of equations, Deviations from normal pathways in patients with monohemispheric brain lesion; The pathways of patients with schizophrenia: Convergence tables, Collection of Equations, Deviations from normal pathways of healthy subjects; Critical considerations.- Critical evaluation of the results and the model: Confirmation of elementary times and pathway structure by event-related potentials: The correspondence between reaction time data (ET, linEN) and event-related potentials (latencies)in the a22y pathways of healthy subjects, The correspondence of reaction time data with event-related potentials in patients with schizophrenia; Modells of the xNNy pathways: Memory sets and setsystems, The Simulation of Set Systems; Discussion: Unsolved problems, Discussion of References.- References, Summary.