Sentences with phrase «among other brain regions»

It gives instructions and enables chatter among other brain regions.

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However, when the researchers damaged a more central brain region called the limbic system, which is the source of emotions and pleasure (among other things), the hamsters» maternal behaviors — like nest - building, picking up pups, and nursing — never developed.
More than any other experiences in infancy, these rudimentary interactions trigger the development and strengthening of connections among the regions of the brain that control emotion, cognition, language, and memory.
Among 22 patients, the researchers found enhanced memory performance in the four patients with stimulation of the lateral temporal cortex but not among those with the other brain regions stimulAmong 22 patients, the researchers found enhanced memory performance in the four patients with stimulation of the lateral temporal cortex but not among those with the other brain regions stimulamong those with the other brain regions stimulated.
Then they would lie in a high - resolution positron emission tomography (PET) scanner for a grueling 90 minutes while the machine took pictures in 2 - millimeter increments of their nucleus accumbens, a region deep in the brain that (among other things) controls reward and motivation.
However, one brain region that wasn't present was the cerebellum, the part of the brain that handles motor skills and language, among other functions.
In our study, we examined whether the role of specific brain regions for communication within and among brain modules varies with individual differences in intelligence, i.e., whether a specific brain region supports the information exchange within their own «family» more than information exchange with other «families», and how this relates to individual differences in intelligence.»
Several groups have reported that a particular set of brain regions, including the posterior cingulate cortex and the medial prefrontal cortex, among others, is consistently deactivated.
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