Connections coming from other
areas in the brain tend to link to individual digits while connections that originate within the area tend to link to multiple digits,» said Roe.
Not exact matches
Unlike the non-dieters, the dieters
tended to show a heightened response
in the
areas of their
brains linked with processing rewards, and a lowered response
in the parts of their
brains linked with a sense of control.
Mothers who breastfeed have been found to report lower levels of perceived stress and negative mood, higher levels of maternal attachment, and
tend to perceive their infants more positively than mothers who formula - feed.9, 19 - 21 There is evidence to suggest that breastfeeding mothers may also spend more time
in emotional care and be more sensitive to infant emotional distress cues than bottle - feeding mothers.22, 23 Relatedly, a small fMRI study of 17 mothers
in the first postpartum month, found that breastfeeding mothers showed greater activation
in brain areas involved
in empathy and bonding than formula - feeding mothers when listening to their own infant's cry.24 These
brain areas included the superior frontal gyrus, insula, precuneus, striatum and amygdala.
Gaab and her colleagues have found that preschoolers with a family history of dyslexia
tend to have less gray matter
in brain areas involved
in mapping the sounds of language onto their written counterparts —
areas known to differentiate older children with and without dyslexia.
Red indicates a point of high variability, blue reflects places where
brains tend to look alike, and green indicates
areas in between.
Several studies show that creative types
tend to have low levels of a certain kind of dopamine receptor
in the thalamus, a
brain area that helps regulate motor function and sensory perception.
Researchers at BYU have shed new light on why you, your friends, neighbors and most everyone you know
tend to snack at night: some
areas of the
brain don't get the same «food high»
in the evening.
From the descriptive view on the data it seems that compared to sham, verum acupuncture
tended to be associated with more activation
in the basal ganglia,
brain stem, cerebellum, and insula and more deactivation was seen
in the so - called «default mode network» and limbic
brain areas, such as the amygdala and the hippocampus.
Introverts
tend to have larger and thicker gray matter
in the
area of the
brain responsible for abstract thought and decision making, according to a 2012 Harvard University study.
Infections
in the sphenoid sinuses also
tend to be more dangerous than other types of sinus infections, because of their proximity to the cavernous sinus — a blood - filled
area at the base of the
brain.
According to animal studies, the antioxidants
in blueberries
tend to accumulate
in areas of the
brain that are essential for intelligence (23, 24).
I think that a lot of what happens
in brief periods of fasting, maybe not a prolonged fast but a brief one,
tends to follow this hormetic curve when it applies to the
brain, when it applies to autophagy, when it applies to even inflammation responses, all of these
areas.
This is our primary tool to use
in defending against our more primitive
brain areas that
tend to naturally dominate most of our actions
in the markets and cause us to gamble.
When cats are having a seizure, they
tend to have focal onset beforehand (this is when the
brain's cells are firing abnormally
in one
area or multiple
areas of the
brain).
He really means that increased neural activity
in these
areas of the
brain is correlated with certain behavioral and cognitive phenomena, which actually means only that such activity
tends to occur at about the same time as the behavioral and cognitive phenomena.
Research studies have demonstrated that individuals with
brain lesions
in the prefrontal cortex
area have difficulties
in social interactions and problem - solving and
tend to make poor choices, probably because they have lost the ability to access past experiences and emotions.