A growing body of literature indicates strong associations between indentations of the cerebral cortex (i.e., sulci) and individual differences in cognitive performance. Interruptions, or gaps, of sulci (historically known as pli de passage ) are particularly intriguing as previous work suggests that these interruptions have a causal effect on cogn...
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We know little about the ability to explore and navigate large-scale space for people with intellectual disability (ID). In this cross-syndrome study, individuals with Down syndrome (DS), individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) and typically developing children (TD; aged 5–11 years) explored virtual environments with the goal of learning where ever...
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Abstract The end-stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS] is presumed to be a complete Locked-In Syndrome [cLIS], assuming an internally preserved consciousness that would not be accessible anymore from the outside. However, whether consciousness persists at this stage of ALS remains to be demonstrated. Shifting the perspective from cLIS (presu...
Human users’ needs must be considered at the beginning of system design. However, classical sys-tems engineering approaches consider the needs of several stakeholders (clients, authorities, etc.) but those of end users are often less considered. Hence, neglecting or oversighting such needs will lead to unacceptance and non-adoption of systems by en...
The controversy surrounding the observed hippocampal atrophy after vestibular injury persists. This may be due to the heterogeneity and small sample size of patients in each study. In this study, we aim to address this issue by analyzing the largest and most homogeneous cohort of patients with idiopathic bilateral vestibulopathy (IBV).Thirty patien...
Self-awareness is a subject that has intrigued the research community for a long time and is an object of extensive experimental research. Over the years, multiple studies and experiments probed different aspects, functions and manifestations of self-awareness in animals and humans. From these results, several intriguing questions arose: is self-aw...
Thinking in pictures is a distinct cognitive style characterized by the dominant use of visual thinking. Temple Grandin's autobiographical account is the best-known description of visual thinking but there are few first-person accounts of this inner experience. The aim of this paper was to gain further insight into the lived experience of a “thinki...
