Twarog, Nathaniel R(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In the following thesis, I describe the investigation of two problems related to the organization and structural analysis of visual information: perceptual grouping and silhouette analysis and representation. For the problem ...
Saygin, Zeynep Mevhibe(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The integration of anatomical, functional, and developmental approaches in cognitive neuroscience is essential for generating mechanistic explanations of brain function. In this thesis, I first establish a proof-of-principle ...
Gweon, Hyowon(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Some of the biggest achievements in our lives are made even before we learn to tie our shoes. Within a few years of life, we master a language, acquire cultural norms, and develop naïve, yet rich, abstract, coherent theories ...
Soda, Takahiro(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
According to the World Health Organization, neuropsychiatric diseases account for approximately one third of years lost to disability. Yet, despite this huge disease burden, there is a lack of new treatments under development: ...
Runyan, Caroline A. (Caroline Anne)(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Parvalbumin-containing (PV+) neurons and somatostatin-containing (SOM+) neurons are two key cortical inhibitory cell classes that are poised to play distinct computational roles in cortical circuits: PV+ neurons form ...