Sentences with phrase «brain differences linked»

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Studies on genes, brain structures and hormones have failed to identify a clear link between, on one hand, differences at birth between the sexes and, on the other, particular behaviour.

They found that adverse experiences in young children are linked to differences in a brain structure that regulates emotions and helps make decisions.

In particular, the study, published Jan. 6 in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, revealed differences in the white matter of patients» brains and in the cerebellum, an area of the brain not previously linked with the disorder.

Besides differences in genes linked to brain development, Erik Axelsson of Uppsala University in Sweden and colleagues found three genes in dogs that are vital for digestion and extend their ancestral carnivorous diet to include starch (Nature, DOI: 10.1038 / nature11837).

These variations in abilities and talents presumably arise from differences among our brains, and many studies have linked certain very specific tasks with cerebral activity in localized areas.

This confirmed that variations in PKRCA are linked to the capacity for emotional memory, and further revealed that they were also associated with differences in brain activity during memory encoding.

The differences in fear sensitivity are likely to be innate, at least in part: dysfunction in the amygdala, a brain area important for processing fear, has previously been linked to psychopathic behaviour, and genetic factors must underlie some of these differences.

Previous studies have also shown brain anatomy differences associated with income, but did not link those differences to academic achievement.

We want to examine in more detail how individual differences, for example in empathy, are linked to the functioning of the emotional systems of the brain.

It's possible that this pattern of female addiction could be linked to the brain size difference.

Avram Holmes, a psychologist at Yale University, and a team of researchers from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that increased impulsivity and sensation - seeking in healthy young adults was linked to distinct differences in their brain structures: the areas involved in decision - making and self - control had a thinner cortex, the brain's wrinkled outer layer or gray matter.

Previous research from other studies had linked hearing loss with marked differences in brain structure compared to those with normal hearing, both in humans and animals.

It's the first time scientists have shown in selectively bred animals that the propensity for addiction is linked to differences in expression of genes for specific molecules in a specific brain region.

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.

PEOPLE with a gene variant known to be linked to aggression may have been born with key brain differences that could make them more likely to snap under pressure.

«Genetics and brain regions linked to sex differences in anxiety - related behavior in chimpanzees.»

The epithet dogs even some functional MRI studies, which seek to link specific thought processes to corresponding regions of the brain by measuring moment - to - moment differences in blood flow.

Now psychiatrist Andreas Meyer - Lindenberg and colleagues from the US National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, have discovered differences in brain structure and function that might underlie this link.

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in autistic children.

«This distinction is linked not just to brain activations selective to the processes studied but is also due to the difference in connections with other cerebral regions that require these two operations,» continues Grandjean.

This helps to assure that the links between physical activity, brain development and achievement are actually caused by the differences in activity rather than reflecting the characteristics of the children who choose to be more or less physically active.

«The answer is short and forceful: yes, physical fitness in children is linked in a direct way to important brain structure differences, and such differences are reflected in the children's academic performance.»

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers and colleagues linked infant brain anatomy differences to autism diagnoses at age two.

Genetic variation in HDAC4 among the women was linked to a lower level of HDAC4 gene activity and differences in their ability to respond to and recover from fear, and also differences in «resting state» brain imaging.