Sentences with phrase «brain and behavior research»

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She directs the Trauma Responsive Educational practices project, which is a research - translation and research - practice - partnership project that aims to connect the brain and behavior research on developmental trauma with the realities of school and classroom management.

In addition to his election to the rank of AAAS Fellow, Dr. Gordon's work has been recognized by several other prestigious awards, including the NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, the Rising Star Award from the International Mental Health Research Organization, the A.E. Bennett Research Award from the Society of Biological Psychiatry, and the Daniel H. Efron Research Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Michael Goldberg, director of the Mahoney - Keck Center for Brain and Behavior research and a member of The Kavli Institute for Brain Science, is a Professor of Brain & Behavior, Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychiatry and Opthalmology.

He has received additional funding from agencies and foundations such as the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, the Pew Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is a Paul G. Allen Distinguished Investigator.

I was then very lucky to get a post to do graduate work at McGill University, which in those days was one of two or three Meccas of brain and behavior research.

Bath's Early Career Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation supported some of the earliest experiments to use the facility.

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Research has shown that the consumption of glucose enhances complex brain activities, bolstering self - control and regulating prejudice and aggressive behaviors,» she writes, while also speculating that seeing and unconsciously mimicking your dining partner may engender more positive feelings towards them.

The research shows that the portion of the brain that helps regulate sexuality — the hypothalamus — reacted the exact same way in straight women and gay men when exposed to male pheromones, which are chemicals designed to provoke a behavior, such as sexual arousal.

One study in Brain Behavior and Immunity showed a dramatic 20 percent reduction in anxiety among medical students taking omega - 3, while past research has shown omega - 3 fats work just as well as antidepressants in preventing the signs of depression, but without any of the side effects.

And, in recent and evolving research, scientists are charting a «global parental caregiving network» that gets shaped in a new parent's brain to bring about some of the very thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that Kelly and other new parents experienAnd, in recent and evolving research, scientists are charting a «global parental caregiving network» that gets shaped in a new parent's brain to bring about some of the very thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that Kelly and other new parents experienand evolving research, scientists are charting a «global parental caregiving network» that gets shaped in a new parent's brain to bring about some of the very thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that Kelly and other new parents experienand behaviors that Kelly and other new parents experienand other new parents experience.

Recent research studies indicate that behavioral interventions not only change behavior they change how the brain looks and works.

In this slim volume, Tough pulls together decades of social science research on the impacts of poverty and trauma on kids» brains and behavior, and makes a cogent, convincing argument for why this research should lie at the center of any discussions about reform.

The research shows that up to three or four months after delivery some of the brain regions originally observed at one month postpartum (amygdala, putamen, globus pallidus, and superior frontal gyrus) continued to activate and were correlated with maternal, sensitive behavior among the same group of mothers.

New research suggests that these techniques can have detrimental physiological effects on the baby by increasing the stress hormone cortisol in the brain, with potential long term effects to emotional regulation, sleep patterns and behavior.

A growing body of research indicates that the B2M - MHC I complex, which is present in all cells in the body except red blood cells and plasma cells, can act in the brain in ways not obviously related to immunity — guiding brain development, shaping nerve cell communication, and even affecting behavior.

Dr. Giedd's research team seeks to use cutting edge technologies to explore the relationship between genes, brain and behavior in healthy development and in neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood onset.

So I started to volunteer in a research laboratory involved with pharmacology and the responses of drugs in the brain and how they influence behavior.

In a report on the research published online last week in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity, the investigators say that the part of the brain responsible for memory and spatial navigation (the hippocampus) was smaller over the long term in the male offspring exposed to the overactive immune system in the Brain, Behavior and Immunity, the investigators say that the part of the brain responsible for memory and spatial navigation (the hippocampus) was smaller over the long term in the male offspring exposed to the overactive immune system in the brain responsible for memory and spatial navigation (the hippocampus) was smaller over the long term in the male offspring exposed to the overactive immune system in the womb.

Notre Dame Associate Professor of Psychology James Brockmole, who specializes in human cognition and how the visual world guides behavior, conducted the research at Notre Dame with Adam Biggs, currently a post-doctoral fellow in the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Jessica Witt, associate professor of cognitive psychology at Colorado State University.

Stephen Ferguson, PhD, a scientist at Western's Robarts Research Institute, and Fabiola Ribeiro, PhD, of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil found a definite improvement in motor behaviors in a HD mouse model when one of the major neurotransmitters in the brain, called Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGluR5) was deleted.

Wednesday night's panel discussion, «Unlocking the Secrets and Powers of the Brain,» leading psychologists and neuroscientists will debate the hottest issues in brain research, from predicting behavior to manipulating memory to understanding consciousBrain,» leading psychologists and neuroscientists will debate the hottest issues in brain research, from predicting behavior to manipulating memory to understanding consciousbrain research, from predicting behavior to manipulating memory to understanding consciousness.

Chester, a leading scholar in the field of aggression research, runs the Social Psychology and Neuroscience Lab in VCU's Department of Psychology, which aims to further our understanding of violent behavior, exploring the role of the brain and human psychology behind topics such as revenge, domestic abuse, psychopaths and related topics.

Establishing links between genes, the brain and human behavior is a central issue in cognitive neuroscience research, but studying how genes influence cognitive abilities and behavior as the brain develops from childhood to adulthood has proven difficult.

That report, published in Brain Imaging and Behavior, quickly led to further research — a National Institutes of Health - funded study at Pitt examining the brain during dual cognitive - balance performance in children following concusBrain Imaging and Behavior, quickly led to further research — a National Institutes of Health - funded study at Pitt examining the brain during dual cognitive - balance performance in children following concusbrain during dual cognitive - balance performance in children following concussion.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a molecule in the brain that triggers schizophrenia - like behaviors, brain changes and global gene expression in an animal model.

«There are far - reaching theoretical implications for neuroscience and behavior, and our research has important practical implications for designing early intervention programs, or «brain training» regimes.»»

The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Mental Health and the Brain and Behavior Foundation.

New research has found that the pharmaceuticals, which are frequently showing up in U.S. streams, can alter genes responsible for building fish brains and controlling their behavior

The study was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K23 HD054720), Flora Family Foundation, UCSF Catalyst Award, UCSF Resource Allocation Program, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award, Stanford University Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, Spectrum Child Health & Clinical and Translational Science Award and the Extraordinary Brain Series of the Dyslexia Foundation.

This research offers key insights into how brain activity is shaped and refined as animals learn to repeat behaviors that evoke a feeling of pleasure.

Dr. Gradinaru's research interests focus on developing tools and methods for neuroscience (optogenetic actuators and sensors; tissue clearing and imaging) as well as on investigating the mechanisms underlying deep brain stimulation (DBS) and on the long - term effects of DBS on neuronal health, function, and ultimately behavior.

The research group showed that a molecule, ARHGAP33 regulates synaptic functions and behaviors via intracellular protein trafficking and that the lack of ARHGAP33 causes neuropsychiatric disorder - related impaired higher brain functions.

I tried to do too much, teaching courses, running a large lab of students, sitting on several editorial boards, directing the Mind, Brain & Behavior Program at Harvard, conducting multiple research collaborations, and writing for the general public.

Wong hopes future research will address how sleep difficulties and deprivation may affect brain mechanisms, which in turn influence control of affect, cognitive processes, and behavior.

Prior research showed that the mPOA is important for social and reproductive behavior in all vertebrate species studied from fish to human, but it has been unclear whether this area drives social motivation through circuit connections with reward systems in the brain.

«We were very excited to discover that when we used a typical genetic mutation that was more susceptible to electroconvulsive seizures, we were able to actually rescue these worms by treating them with FDA approved human antiepileptic drugs beforehand,» said Monica Risley, co-lead author and a Ph.D. student in FAU's Integrative Biology and Neuroscience program, as well as a student in the new International Max Planck Research School in Brain and Behavior.

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown for the first time that ensembles of genes within the striatum — a part of the brain that coordinates many primary aspects of our behavior, such as motor and action planning, motivation and reward perception — could be deeply involved in the disorder.

Research from Wageningen University in the Netherlands shows — for the first time — real time data of the brain, the stomach, and people's feelings of satiety measured simultaneously during a meal, in a study to be reported this week at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, held in Porto, Portugal.

Genetics and specific brain regions are linked to sex differences in chimpanzees» scratching behavior, a common indicator of anxiety in humans and others primates, according to a research study led by Georgia State University that shows chimpanzees can be models of human mental illness.

According to Halassa, the new research sets the stage for ever more detailed studies on the complex behavior involved in how the mammalian brain pays attention to what's important, and especially how those neural circuits are broken in cases of attention - deficit diseases, such as ADHD, autism, and schizophrenia.

Concurrently, the research team recorded electrical signals from TRN neurons and also tracked the mice's behavior while at the same time inactivating various parts of the brain's neural circuits with a laser beam.

Using an animal model of this syndrome, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues: the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with complex cognitive processes such as moderating social behavior, and the amygdala, which plays a role in emotional processing.

Research shows that this risk calculator balances input from emotional and memory centers of the brain with information from the prefrontal cortex, which regulates how we make decisions and inhibits impulsive behavior.

Writing in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, a research team, led by senior author William S. Kremen, PhD, professor of psychiatry and co-director of the Center for Behavior Genetics of Aging at UC San Diego School of Medicine, found that major adverse events in life, such as divorce, separation, miscarriage or death of a family member or friend, can measurably accelerate aging in the brains of older men, even when controlling for such factors as cardiovascular risk, alcohol consumption, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, which are all associated with aging risk.

Beyond these much - needed engineering advances, more research is required to expand the possibilities of brain - controlled machines to facilitate complex tasks and behaviors such as tool use and language production (without the use of a virtual keyboard).

New research from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions that explored the potential side effects of the stimulant drug Ritalin on those without ADHD showed changes in brain chemistry associated with risk - taking behavior, sleep disruption and other undesirable research from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions that explored the potential side effects of the stimulant drug Ritalin on those without ADHD showed changes in brain chemistry associated with risk - taking behavior, sleep disruption and other undesirable Research Institute on Addictions that explored the potential side effects of the stimulant drug Ritalin on those without ADHD showed changes in brain chemistry associated with risk - taking behavior, sleep disruption and other undesirable effects.

Research has shown that this is because ACEs may increase a child's risk for toxic levels of stress, which in turn may impair brain development, behavior, and overall physical and mental health.

This research was funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, and the McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroresearch was funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, and the McDonnell Center for Systems NeuroResearch Foundation, and the McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience.

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