Neural Integration of the Thinking processes and Behavior. On line Computational Analysis

The study of neuroimages has led to some progress in the knowledge of the

neurological components that can be detected by on line computational techniques.

With these techniques the representation of the studied processes can be kept under operational control, the processes can be influenced intentionally, they can be stored and their changes can be observed. In this manner, the temporal development of the phenomena under study is directly accessible to the investigator This paper shows the present state of the study on the ability of the nervous system to reflect different aspects of the means through which living beings interact and operate predicatively on them. Thus, the study refers to basic questions of gnostic processes, providing evidence that in their genesis and development, the activity of the nervous system is indispensable, as subjective phenomena could not occur without it. The analysis of memory processes, selective attention, as well as the study of complex tasks, such as arithmetical calculation or the performance of the Raven Test, show the activation of diverse cortical areas. Thus, arithmetical calculations or simple estimations involve a greater extension parietal areas than frontal ones, while during the execution of the Raven Test, brain images show an activation of neuronal sets, both by concrete as well as by abstract stimulating configurations.