Sentences with phrase «activity during the tasks»

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But during the subjects» two minutes off, rather than taking on a different creative task, were instead given the much more passive activity of completing a survey that asked them about themselves.
(a) Philosophical preoccupation with the various types of cultural activities on an idealistic basis (Johann Gottfried Herder, G. W. F. Hegel, Johann Gustav Droysen, Hermann Steinthal, Wilhelm Wundt); (b) legal studies (Aemilius Ludwig, Richter, Rudolf Sohm, Otto Gierke); (c) philology and archeology, both stimulated by the romantic movement of the first decades of the nineteenth century; (d) economic theory and history (Karl Marx, Lorenz von Stein, Heinrich von Treitschke, Wilhelm Roscher, Adolf Wagner, Gustav Schmoller, Ferdinand Tonnies); (e) ethnological research (Friedrich Ratzel, Adolf Bastian, Rudolf Steinmetz, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Hermann Steinthal, Richard Thurnwald, Alfred Vierkandt, P. Wilhelm Schmidt), on the one hand; and historical and systematical work in theology (church history, canonical law — Kirchenrecht), systematic theology (Schleiermacher, Richard Rothe), and philosophy of religion, on the other, prepared the way during the nineteenth century for the following era to define the task of a sociology of religion and to organize the material gathered by these pursuits.7 The names of Max Weber, Ernst Troeltsch, Werner Sombart, and Georg Simmel — all students of the above - mentioned older scholars — stand out.
But the new work, published in Nature in August, incorporates over 100 properties, such as the cortex's thickness, its wiring and activity during various tasks.
Recordings of neural activity in the frontal cortex of the rats showed that, like humans with schizophrenia, these rats also lacked the low frequency burst of brain activity (delta wave) during the timing task.
The study also showed that, in control rats, the same delta wave activity occurred in the rat's cerebellum during the timing task and, interestingly, the cerebellar activity preceded the activity in the frontal cortex.
A set of functional magnetic resonance imaging recordings of the temporal lobes during both tasks backed up the researchers» hypothesis: brain activity was similar each time a volunteer consciously looked at the same face or house, but invisible stimuli evoked a more variable response (Science, DOI: 10.1126 / science.1180029).
During this neurofeedback task, the participants learned to modulate their own amygdala electrical activity.
The study, which is the first to examine the effects of infant vocalizations on adult neural activity during a cognitive task, will be published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Brain activity was measured using electroencephalography (EEG) during each trial of the cognitive task, which took place immediately after a two - second audio clip of an infant vocalization.
Recent studies have found that patterns of neural activity seen when an animal is learning a new task are replayed later during sleep.
Both PFC activity — specifically in the right dorsolateral PFC — and eye blinks were significantly elevated when babies were asked to switch from one «language» to another, which is the most cognitively demanding moment for the PFC during the task.
The study, published online July 29 in Cerebral Cortex, used functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, to examine children's brain activity at rest and during two tasks: solving simple math problems and looking at pictures of different faces.
In this study, the researchers aimed to investigate task related brain activity and functional connectivity patterns following onset of a regional anesthetic nerve block during continuous noxious dental stimulation.
However, by recording brain activity during a simple task — whether one hears BA or DA — neuroscientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, and the Ecole normale supérieure (ENS) in Paris now show that the brain does not necessarily use the regions of the brain identified by machine learning to perform a task.
The team used a quantitative electroencephalogram (QEEG), which measures electrical activity through 19 electrodes resting on the head during specific tasks.
«Our finding of a link between bipolar disorder and the striatum at the molecular level complements studies that implicate the same brain region in bipolar disorder at the anatomical level, including functional imaging studies that show altered activity in the striatum of bipolar subjects during tasks that involve balancing reward and risk,» said TRSI Research Associate Rodrigo Pacifico, who was first author of the new study.
Researchers from the MRC CDN, led by Professor Oscar Marín, have shed light on this problem by discovering that some neurons in the cerebral cortex can adapt their properties in response to changes in network activity — such as those observed during learning of a motor task.
During the fMRI, participants were asked to do an empathetic processing task, which tapped into their ability to think about the emotional states of other people, while the fMRI measured their simultaneous brain activity.
«But during the navigational memory task, certain parts of the brains of subjects with concussion showed altered activation patterns, either diminished or increased activity.
During this test, the subjects were scanned with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure their brain activity while carrying out the task.
Deouell plans to further study the planum temporale to see how close sounds can get to one another before the region interprets them as nondistinct and whether its activity can be overridden by another part of the brain, perhaps during a task that does not allow for any distraction.
They then compared neural activity in the connector hubs to activity in each of the brain's dedicated networks during all the tasks recorded in the BrainMap database.
The study, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found heightened neural activity in the brain's connector hubs during complex tasks, such as puzzles and video games, while networks dedicated to specific functions did not need to put in extra work.
In their January publication in the Journal of Neurophysiology, researchers Michael A. Gaffield, Ph.D., Samanta B. Amat, and Jason M. Christie, Ph.D., describe the modification of imaging and behavior techniques allowing them to monitor the activity of Purkinje cells over seven consecutive weeks during the course of a motor association task, in particular, the licking behavior of mice.
According to Dr. Gaffield, the sophisticated behavior tasks, used in combination with genetic reporters and effectors of activity, have opened up the possibility of studying cerebellar circuits during voluntary movement at an unprecedented level of quantitation.
We first examined the activity of individual neurons during a mapping task (Figure 1C) to ensure that the neurons we recorded displayed spatially selective activity typical of LIP neurons.
Core stability exercise has been used with success in athletes and orthopedic patients with lower back pain and has also been reported to improve trunk stability in stroke patients, which is essential for balance and extremity use during daily functional activities and higher level tasks.
We found that compared to a semantic control task, both younger and older adults engaged the default network during specific AM retrieval, but this pattern of activity was less pronounced with age.
By studying brain activity in rats, scientists have discovered that the information played out during the brain replay process depends on the task the animal is facing.
Recurrence of task - related electroencephalographic activity during post-training quiet rest and sleep Murphy M, Stickgold R, Parr ME, Callahan C, Wamsley EJ.
«Our goal was to see if the high - risk individuals showed normal brain activity during these executive tasks or whether or not they showed some of the pathology of individuals who already have schizophrenia,» Belger said.
To address these questions, we defined PCC and vACC regions that showed decreased activity during a cognitive (working memory) task, then examined their functional connectivity during rest.
Few studies have examined the DMN in children, and none have tested whether the neural regions that comprise the DMN during a resting condition are the same regions that show reduced activity when children engage in cognitive tasks.
Last, we defined three lateral prefrontal regions showing increased activity during the cognitive task and examined their resting - state connectivity.
The default - mode network (DMN) is a set of specific brain regions whose activity, predominant in the resting - state, is attenuated during cognitively demanding, externally - cued tasks.
Deactivation refers to increased neural activity during low - demand tasks or rest compared with high - demand tasks.
Multiple features of ALM preparatory activity during the delay epoch were similar across tasks.
We consider recent experiments correlating neuronal activity the medial temporal cortex (area MT) to performance during two - alternative discrimination tasks [4, 5], and show how the different tasks used in these studies either isolate the effects of «high - slope» encoding [5] or «peak - firing - rate» encoding [4].
Recent studies have started showing that if you haven't already been a regular drinker, the performance during physical activity or during mental tasks might only get a slight improvement or none at all if you start drinking caffeine.
Neuroimaging of frequent Internet users shows twice as much activity in the short term memory as sporadic users during online tasks.
The researchers made use of functional MRI for analysing brain activity during the n - back task, to evaluate basic capacities for improvement of everyday cognitive tasks, such as working memory and sustained attention.
Brain activity reduction and the fact that no drop in behavioural performance was seen during the task indicates that the brain is more efficient under the 2 substances» combined effect, as fewer resources are needed for producing the same performance level compared to those individuals who had the placebo or who had only glucose or caffeine.
Curcumin is also relied upon for its supportive response to occasional pain related to joint swelling and irritation, allowing for temporary ease of mobility and joint comfort during daily tasks and physical activity.
In this 2012 study: Oral intake of γ - aminobutyric acid affects mood and activities of central nervous system during stressed condition induced by mental tasks study participants used only 100 mg of GABA and saw mental stress reduction effects within 30 minutes.
What activities or tasks will be left undone during this time?
Onboarding gamification can be a solution to the challenges involved in engaging a new employee during the onboarding process by turning routine tasks into fun activities that give your new employee a sense of confidence.
This Presentation Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Learning Objectives and Outcomes Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter — Spelling Bingo Overview of Vocabulary for a Spellings Lesson Flipped Lesson Part - Video - How to Learn Basic Spelling Rules Space for Peer Teaching - 10 Basic Spelling Rules Scaffolded Notes to Support the Learners - Pronunciation Symbols Collaborative Group Tasks — Think - Write - Share, Pair - Share Mini-Plenary to Test Student Understanding — 3 Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - 4 Tasks Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Online Exercises Plenary to Assesses Learning Outcomes - Find the Word Success Criteria for Self Evaluation - My Spelling Sketch Home Learning for Reinforcement - Spelling Bee Site Map Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1.g/L.8.2/L.8.2.c Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Teachers can use this presentation to give a complete knowledge and understanding of Spelling Rules to the learners, thereby helping them to enhance their spelling skills.
Can be used as a cover lesson during a relevant project (natural forms, flora, textile or wallpaper designs, repeat pattern...), an extension activity, or as a whole class task.
Can be used as a cover lesson during a relevant project (science in art, natural forms, zooming - in, symmetry, abstraction...), an extension activity, or as a whole class task.
They can then use it during lessons, when they have finished the main activity, or as the basis of challenging homework tasks.
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