P600 (neuroscience)The P600 is an event-related potential (ERP) component, or peak in electrical brain activity measured by electroencephalography (EEG). It is a language-relevant ERP component and is thought to be elicited by hearing or reading grammatical errors and other syntactic anomalies. Therefore, it is a common topic of study in neurolinguistic experiments investigating sentence processing in the human brain.
Early left anterior negativityThe early left anterior negativity (commonly referred to as ELAN) is an event-related potential in electroencephalography (EEG), or component of brain activity that occurs in response to a certain kind of stimulus. It is characterized by a negative-going wave that peaks around 200 milliseconds or less after the onset of a stimulus, and most often occurs in response to linguistic stimuli that violate word-category or phrase structure rules (as in *the in room instead of in the room).
N400La N400 est une composante de signaux EEG appelés potentiels liés aux événements (ERP). Il s'agit d'une déviation négative qui culmine environ 400 millisecondes après la présentation du stimulus, bien qu'elle puisse s'étendre de 250 à 500 ms, et est généralement maximale sur les électrodes centro-pariétaux. La N400 fait partie de la réponse normale du cerveau aux mots et autres stimuli significatifs (ou potentiellement significatifs), y compris les mots visuels et auditifs, les signes en langue des signes, les , les visages, les sons environnementaux et les odeurs.
Lateralized readiness potentialIn neuroscience, the lateralized readiness potential (LRP) is an event-related brain potential, or increase in electrical activity at the surface of the brain, that is thought to reflect the preparation of motor activity on a certain side of the body; in other words, it is a spike in the electrical activity of the brain that happens when a person gets ready to move one arm, leg, or foot. It is a special form of bereitschaftspotential (a general pre-motor potential).
Négativité de discordanceThe mismatch negativity (MMN) or mismatch field (MMF) is a component of the event-related potential (ERP) to an odd stimulus in a sequence of stimuli. It arises from electrical activity in the brain and is studied within the field of cognitive neuroscience and psychology. It can occur in any sensory system, but has most frequently been studied for hearing and for vision, in which case it is abbreviated to vMMN. The (v)MMN occurs after an infrequent change in a repetitive sequence of stimuli (sometimes the entire sequence is called an oddball sequence.
BereitschaftspotentialIn neurology, the Bereitschaftspotential or BP (German for "readiness potential"), also called the pre-motor potential or readiness potential (RP), is a measure of activity in the motor cortex and supplementary motor area of the brain leading up to voluntary muscle movement. The BP is a manifestation of cortical contribution to the pre-motor planning of volitional movement. It was first recorded and reported in 1964 by Hans Helmut Kornhuber and Lüder Deecke at the University of Freiburg in Germany.
N100In neuroscience, the N100 or N1 is a large, negative-going evoked potential measured by electroencephalography (its equivalent in magnetoencephalography is the M100); it peaks in adults between 80 and 120 milliseconds after the onset of a stimulus, and is distributed mostly over the fronto-central region of the scalp. It is elicited by any unpredictable stimulus in the absence of task demands. It is often referred to with the following P200 evoked potential as the "N100-P200" or "N1-P2" complex.
P200In neuroscience, the visual P200 or P2 is a waveform component or feature of the event-related potential (ERP) measured at the human scalp. Like other potential changes measurable from the scalp, this effect is believed to reflect the post-synaptic activity of a specific neural process. The P2 component, also known as the P200, is so named because it is a positive going electrical potential that peaks at about 200 milliseconds (varying between about 150 and 275 ms) after the onset of some external stimulus.
N200 (neuroscience)The N200, or N2, is an event-related potential (ERP) component. An ERP can be monitored using a non-invasive electroencephalography (EEG) cap that is fitted over the scalp on human subjects. An EEG cap allows researchers and clinicians to monitor the minute electrical activity that reaches the surface of the scalp from post-synaptic potentials in neurons, which fluctuate in relation to cognitive processing. EEG provides millisecond-level temporal resolution and is therefore known as one of the most direct measures of covert mental operations in the brain.
N170The N170 is a component of the event-related potential (ERP) that reflects the neural processing of faces, familiar objects or words. Furthermore, the N170 is modulated by prediction error processes. When potentials evoked by images of faces are compared to those elicited by other visual stimuli, the former show increased negativity 130-200 ms after stimulus presentation. This response is maximal over occipito-temporal electrode sites, which is consistent with a source located at the fusiform and inferior-temporal gyri, confirmed by electrocorticography.
NeurolinguistiqueNeurolinguistics is the study of neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language. As an interdisciplinary field, neurolinguistics draws methods and theories from fields such as neuroscience, linguistics, cognitive science, communication disorders and neuropsychology. Researchers are drawn to the field from a variety of backgrounds, bringing along a variety of experimental techniques as well as widely varying theoretical perspectives.
Potentiel évoquéUn potentiel évoqué (PE, dit aussi ERP pour l'anglais Event-Related Potential) désigne la modification du potentiel électrique produite par le système nerveux en réponse à une stimulation externe, notamment sensorielle (un son, une image, etc.) mais aussi à un événement interne, notamment une activité cognitive (attention, préparation motrice, etc.) et enregistré grâce à des techniques comme l'électroencéphalographie (EEG) ou la magnétoencéphalographie (MEG).
Difference due to memoryDifference due to memory (Dm) indexes differences in neural activity during the study phase of an experiment for items that subsequently are remembered compared to items that are later forgotten. It is mainly discussed as an event-related potential (ERP) effect that appears in studies employing a subsequent memory paradigm, in which ERPs are recorded when a participant is studying a list of materials and trials are sorted as a function of whether they go on to be remembered or not in the test phase.
Functional neuroimagingFunctional neuroimaging is the use of neuroimaging technology to measure an aspect of brain function, often with a view to understanding the relationship between activity in certain brain areas and specific mental functions. It is primarily used as a research tool in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and social neuroscience.
ÉlectroencéphalographieL'électroencéphalographie (EEG) est une méthode d'exploration cérébrale qui mesure l'activité électrique du cerveau par des électrodes placées sur le cuir chevelu souvent représentée sous la forme d'un tracé appelé électroencéphalogramme. Comparable à l'électrocardiogramme qui permet d'étudier le fonctionnement du cœur, l'EEG est un examen indolore et non invasif qui renseigne sur l'activité neurophysiologique du cerveau au cours du temps et en particulier du cortex cérébral soit dans un but diagnostique en neurologie, soit dans la recherche en neurosciences cognitives.
Interface neuronale directethumb|250px|Schéma d'une interface neuronale directe. Une interface neuronale directe - abrégée IND ou BCI ou encore ICM (interface cerveau-machine, ou encore interface cerveau-ordinateur) est une interface de communication directe entre un cerveau et un dispositif externe (un ordinateur, un système électronique...). Ces systèmes peuvent être conçus dans le but d'étudier le cerveau, d'assister, améliorer ou réparer des fonctions humaines de cognition ou d'action défaillantes. L'IND peut être unidirectionnelle ou bidirectionnelle.
Neurosciences cognitivesLes neurosciences cognitives sont le domaine de recherche dans lequel sont étudiés les mécanismes neurobiologiques qui sous-tendent la cognition (perception, motricité, langage, mémoire, raisonnement, émotions...). C'est une branche des sciences cognitives qui fait appel pour une large part aux neurosciences, à la neuropsychologie, à la psychologie cognitive, à l' ainsi qu'à la modélisation.
Psychologie cognitiveLa psychologie cognitive, ou psychologie de la connaissance, étudie les grandes fonctions psychologiques de l'être humain que sont la mémoire, le langage, l'intelligence, le raisonnement, la résolution de problèmes, la perception, l'attention et, , les émotions, inhérentes à la psychologie cognitive. La psychologie cognitive est l'étude de l'ensemble des états mentaux et l'ensemble des processus psychiques, en résumé : l'étude des activités mentales, qui fournissent à l'homme une représentation interne, une analyse de données externes, et ce, à des fins de prise de décisions et/ou d'actions.