Sentences with phrase «activated brain circuits»

A study published on February 2 in Nature Communications ups the ante, reporting that conventional TES techniques do not deliver enough current to activate brain circuits or modulate brain rhythms.

Our bodies respond to it by releasing chemicals and activating brain circuits that promote adaptive behavior.

Not exact matches

Among the questions researchers are asking: Does the process of innovating activate neuronal circuits in a particular part of the brain, the way that language, say, primarily activates circuits in parts of the brain's left hemisphere?

This can be blamed on the male brain's temporal - parietal junction, which activates what Goman calls men's «analyze - and - fix - it circuits.»

The brain encourages these contortions, activating reward circuits in response to biased reasoning that gives a high akin to a junkie's.

«A baby crying activates the circuits in the mother's brain that are similar to those that become overactive in people with obsessive - compulsive disorder,» Swain says.

In that third round, the participants responded positively, activating areas in their brains that some scientists call the «reward circuit» — or the «ventral striatum.»

Correspondingly, they found that neural circuits in the brain that contribute significantly to the control of anxiety and social interactions were significantly affected in the immune - activated mice.

A previous experiment found that sweat from skydivers activated anxiety circuits in sniffers» brains.

They found that this fear - inducing chemical, a new class of molecules called sulfolipids, could activate four redundant brain circuits that led to this behavior.

We're funding researchers to investigate how drugs alter what genes are activated such that they modify the function of the cells, and how this, in turn, modifies the functions of brain circuits, and how that modifies behavior.

His says his team has identified a brain circuit that extends lifespan when activated and which is also linked to the olfactory system.

This work provides an insight into the areas of the brain that are activated when an individual is presented with an aversive food and suggests that the reward circuit may also encode disgust.

Even more surprisingly, the researchers observed that areas of the brain, the globus pallidus and the substantia nigra, which participate in the reward circuit (activated when we love something), were more involved in people who do not like cheese than in those who do.

By simply activating certain circuits in the brains of female prairie voles, researchers made them «fall in love» with specific males.

But when Tye switched on the light and activated the circuit in her subject's brain, the mouse ventured out, exploring the open part of the maze with no visible anxiety.

We were surprised how quickly we saw differences in the ability of mice from each group to learn how to run on complex wheel, which shows just how fast the brain can respond to wrap newly - activated circuits in myelin and how this improves learning.

Having worked on emotions for many years — pain, stress, anxiety, depression — in the midst of a strong emotion, I can think about specific brain circuits being activated.

This activates other circuits in the brain, hereby releasing the blockages and allowing the person to continue walking.

Researchers say the findings show twitches during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep comprise a different class of movement and provide further evidence that sleep twitches activate circuits throughout the developing brain.

«That they are not filtered out suggests again that twitches are special — perhaps special because they are needed to activate developing brain circuits.»

Dr. Childress and colleagues previously found that subliminal drug «reminder cues» (the sights, sounds, smells, and memories of the drug) could activate the brain's reward circuit.

Based on their data, Card and von Reyn propose that a looming stimulus first activates a circuit in the brain that initiates a slow escape, beginning with a controlled lift of the wings.

Activating circuits in the brains of female prairie voles can make them «fall in love».

By activating the mutations in different parts of the brain and at different stages of development, the researchers found that the two mutations affected brain circuits in different ways.

The findings point to new players in a complex circuit activated in the fly brain during courtship.

When a neural stem cell becomes activated, it begins a process of cell division that ultimately yields new neurons that connect to existing brain circuits.

Bringing your awareness back into the now calms the fearful amygdala in your brain and activates your thinking neural circuits.

When an individual visualizes an activity such as running, playing piano, or playing a sport, the circuits in our brains that control these activities become activated.

such as running, playing piano, or playing a sport, the circuits in our brains that control these activities become activated.

Writing by hand activates a neural circuit in your brain that isn't working when you type.

It is only when the brain perceives a reasonable possibility of success for achieving a desirable goal that it invests the energy and activates the dopamine reward circuit.

DAVIDSON: We know from research that engaging in acts of generosity activates circuits in the brain that we know to be involved in positive emotion, and one of the most powerful ways of activating that circuitry is through prosocial, generous behavior.

We know from research that engaging in acts of generosity activates circuits in the brain that we know to be involved in positive emotion, and one of the most powerful ways of activating that circuitry is through prosocial, generous behavior.

This activates the memory circuits that will be called upon to answer the questions in the test, just as visualising a tennis swing or soccer kick activates the critical motor brain networks.

«New experiences activate the brain's reward system, flooding it with dopamine and norepinephrine - which are the same brain circuits that are ignited in early romantic love».