She's a woman who's starred in three Star Wars films and penned an academic study called «
Frontal lobe activation during object permeance: data from near - infrared spectroscopy.»
In contrast to the cognitive training group, the wait - listed and physical exercise groups showed significant decreases across sessions in the association between reaction time and
frontal lobe activation.
In 2002, during her psychology studies at Harvard University, she contributed under her birth name of Natalie Hershlag to a study on neuroimaging called «
Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near - Infrared Spectroscopy» (DOI: 10.1006 / nimg.2002.1170).
Not exact matches
Functional brain - imaging experiments done at the end of the past century using positron - emission tomography (PET) found marked
activation in the
frontal lobe of volunteers who had taken hallucinogens, in particular in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and the insula cortex.
The majority of
activation was occurring in the
frontal lobes, where conscious thought occurs — and they were taking much, much longer to answer the questions.
Increases in working memory - related
activation volume of 82, 73, 83, and 36 % were observed in the left
frontal, right
frontal, left parietal, and right parietal
lobes, respectively, for 3 T compared with 1.5 T.
Of six studies one study [70] observed that a longer duration of manipulation induced more
activation in the inferior
frontal, temporal, parietal gyrus, occipital
lobe, cerebellum or temporal pole and more deactivation in the prefrontal cortex, orbital gyrus or pons than shorter manipulation.
In the time course prior to a correct retrieval, we found the relative order of neural HFA
activation to start bilaterally hippocampi, followed by left
frontal lobe, left parietal
lobe, right parietal
lobe, right
frontal lobe, right temporal
lobe, left temporal
lobe.
A, A spatial working memory
activation map (two - back minus control) was used to select seed ROIs (circled) within the right
frontal lobe.
Caffeine impacts the primary motor cortex found in the
frontal lobe, which is a part of the brain responsible for muscle
activation.
Earlier research also correlated fitness levels with
activation in the brain's
frontal lobe — the part of the brain responsible for executive function.
Sleep deprivation produces a «double hit» to the brain in this regard: there is a sharp reduction in
frontal lobe activity leading one to misjudge hunger and eat more junk and also leading to an exaggerated
activation of reward centers (mostly the amygdalae) after eating.