And Ewers adds, «If this response is indeed protective, then therapeutically modulating the activity of microglia could be beneficial in late - stage Alzheimer's patients as well
as other brain disorders.»
«The distinct neural markers associated with cognitive performance and GWI revealed in our study can be useful for future research to objectively measure the efficacy of treatments for GWI as well
as other brain disorders related to the same neurotransmitter system, like Alzheimer's disease.»
Our brains no doubt work on the same patterns
as other brains in nature, but the human quest for knowledge is not just bounded by the needs of survival.
Not exact matches
As the
brain collects information about pressure, stretch, tilt and
other factors, it also receives information from your eyes.
As we our bombarded with information our
brains sift through the small percentage that is necessary for our cognitive functions, or in
other words the things that require us to think about, for instance, reading.
As Jill Boite Taylor describes it in her book, My Stroke of Insight: A
Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, the «alarm» lasts for 90 seconds and triggers a host of physical effects — rising blood pressure, tensed muscles and the release of adrenaline and
other hormones.
As we age, the
brain — like any
other organ — begins to work less efficiently, so signs of decline start to surface.
Letting two domains of knowledge that are usually alien to each
other mix and mingle is a sure fire way to get your
brain humming, so the idea of applying the thinking of anthropology to the world of start - ups isn't
as strange
as it appears at first blush.
As you discover and practice new emotional intelligence skills, the billions of microscopic neurons lining the road between the rational and emotional centers of your
brain branch off small «arms» (much like a tree) to reach out to the
other cells.
Other studies, meanwhile, are examining tryp's potential efficacy
as an antifungal agent; and
as a prognostic indicator in patients with
brain cancer (
as seen by increased uptake of the amino acid on a PET scan).
Microsoft,
as well
as others, has been studying the impact of our current technologies on the
brain and on attention.
And dozens of
other types of monitors might be wheeled to a patient's hospital bedside to look at things such
as brain waves and blood chemistry.
As we age, the
brain — like any
other organ — begins to work less efficiently, so normal signs of decline begin to surface.
But
as The
Brain began to look deeper at what companies it had acquired and
others it was connected to —
as well
as the people involved in them — it found information that was buried, probably intentionally.
«These maps show us a stark difference — and complementarity — in the architecture of the human
brain that helps provide a potential neural basis
as to why men excel at certain tasks, and women at
others,» said Verma.
The chemical tells individual neurons to fire off a signal or not, influencing
other brain signals and pathways, and essentially serves
as a traffic cop of motivation, emotion, and social behavior.
As entrepreneurs and creative workers, we should use our
brains mainly for creative problem solving, and use simple rules for most
other kinds of decisions.
As Schuback's car whipsawed into
other vehicles, the fibers of her
brain twisted and tore, wreaking havoc on the delicate network that keeps humans sentient and mobile.
Furthermore, we found that in people who intentionally mind wander, two main
brain networks broadly overlap each
other: the default - mode network, which is active when focusing on information from memory, and the fronto - parietal network, which stabilizes our focus and inhibits irrelevant stimuli
as part of our cognitive control system.»
The Kamens claim the main thing that distinguishes their foundation from
other brain tumor foundations is their focus on pediatric
brain cancer specifically,
as well
as their close ties with pharmaceutical and biotech companies working in the fields of immunotherapy and target gene therapy.
A version of the speed training program developed for this trial is now commercially available through the
brain fitness company Posit Science, but the researchers are working on making
other types of training available
as well.
On the
other side of the state, reports the Kansas City Star, a new company called the Brew Lab might be thought of
as a «build - a-beer workshop,» in which customers can buy brewing equipment and supplies, and also try out ideas and pick the
brains of pros at on - site brewing stations.
Inactive money managers, on the
other end, are viewed
as brain dead in an hyperactive and information overloaded world.
If you do Creationism you have to go through
other faith's take on the creation of the universe
as well and that wont give our kids the much needed
brain power they need to get us out this funk!
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR # 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars, physicians / doctors and family members of effected individuals who suffered some sort of
brain desease etc.... lawyers, so crime per physicians OR WHAT IS HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION can get away with it) AND
OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide
as seen on this complain)... NO DIFFERENT FROM ROMNEY WHOSE FATHER EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY SCREWED / BANKRUPT LIKE AMERICA TODAY (soon to be success based on deliberate sabotage which is nothing else than grand treason / betrayal with acts of genocide against targeted white population)!!!
but you can not blame
other as you have the
brain to think before you accept anything
as you do use your
brain / intelectual to go to a good school or find a better job etc...
Agree mankind
brain is his computer and in order for this computer to work it requires all the
other working physical systems and senses... this computer is programed
as to when it should stop working naturally but man shortened the life of that time given by destroying their health or risking their physical body into physical harm...
Some
brains just do not operate the same
as others.
Rabbi Neuberger asserted that «it's really important that one accepts that... new scientific research has taught us... that the human embryo is not
as unique
as we thought before... We do have to think differently about the «unique quality of human embryos» in the way that Peter Saunders is saying... The miracle of creation... may have to be explained somewhat differently... Our human
brains are given to us by God... to better the life of
other human beings... and if this technology can do it..., and I don't believe that anybody is going to research beyond fourteen days, then so be it, lets do it.»
The
brain abnormacy is physical and inherited, but learning
as much
as you can about what it is, and having a support group of people to talk to and to see
as other peopl dealing with these same things, who overcame them, can «save your life»,
as it did mine.
When one religion is backed up with
as much evidence
as any
other religion (i.e. none), you can not simply «use your
brain'to decide.
To say a piece of yourself can «watch»
as others try to revive you is not understanding how the
brain works and using old world analogies to try and make up for your ignorance.
On the
other hand, if he / she does exist, which I'm convinced he / she does (consider the exquisite mathematical formulas that help to explain the order of the universe — suggesting a higher level of intelligence in its design, or look into a new born's face), the last thing I want to do is go around telling everyone my
brain is a computer and there is no such thing
as Santa Klaus.
Whether or not the
brain «stops functioning» at any given point is not necessarily the same question
as whether there exists any
other reality besides the one «the
brain» can observe.
Many
other and quite unusual effects, however, appear only
as a result of
brain damage.
The entities directly below the level of a person, the immediate constituents of a person, are the organs such
as the
brain and heart, and
other large scale body parts, such
as the arms and hands.
Others revel in the mindfields or what can be better disseminated
as being spiritual socialisms while they are ever stayed put in their ownliness
brain - yards of spiritualized individualisms!
I would like to repeat, the
brain is just like any
other organ and just
as capable of failing
as a human heart, a kidney or a lung.
The dominant occasion of experience is related not only to the
other occasions jointly constituting the physical organism, such
as the entities making up the
brain, but also to past dominant occasions of experience in the same organism.
So for example, in my case and that of
other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium
as well
as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our
brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human
brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God
as well?
I have tried to make clear that I do not regard the unconscious
as identical with the
brain or any
other entity subject to direct investigation by the physiologist.
The building block electronic and protonic actual occasions are, in the case of human beings, swept into vastly more complex, Chinese box - like sets of containing societies within which there are social levels that can be identified with cells,
others which answer to Aristotle's levels of tissues and organs, and which finally are presided over by what Whitehead refers to
as the regnant nexus, a social thread of complex temporal inheritance which, Whitehead suggests, wanders from part to part of the
brain, is the seat of conscious direction of the organism
as a whole, and answers to what in Plato and Aristotle is called the soul.
1) We're highly evolved primates 2) We have overactive imaginations 3) Our greatest evolutionary asset, our large and highly-folded
brains, are also responsible for an insatiable curiosity 4)
As a species, and a survival tactic, we make things up to comfort ourselves in difficult times 5) As a complex societal species, we create commonalities and «traditions» with others in our clan / tribe / community 6) These «traditions» result in security, trust, and strong relationships that make the collective more able to survive than the individual 7) These common beliefs also act as a means of numbing the brain to questions and concerns without legitimate or tangible answers 8) Religion is simply a survival mechanism 9) When we die, we simple «are not alive» anymor
As a species, and a survival tactic, we make things up to comfort ourselves in difficult times 5)
As a complex societal species, we create commonalities and «traditions» with others in our clan / tribe / community 6) These «traditions» result in security, trust, and strong relationships that make the collective more able to survive than the individual 7) These common beliefs also act as a means of numbing the brain to questions and concerns without legitimate or tangible answers 8) Religion is simply a survival mechanism 9) When we die, we simple «are not alive» anymor
As a complex societal species, we create commonalities and «traditions» with
others in our clan / tribe / community 6) These «traditions» result in security, trust, and strong relationships that make the collective more able to survive than the individual 7) These common beliefs also act
as a means of numbing the brain to questions and concerns without legitimate or tangible answers 8) Religion is simply a survival mechanism 9) When we die, we simple «are not alive» anymor
as a means of numbing the
brain to questions and concerns without legitimate or tangible answers 8) Religion is simply a survival mechanism 9) When we die, we simple «are not alive» anymore.
Modern empiricism, on the
other hand, which locates the possibilities of science in the
brain (
as if the
brain and its patterns of order were not also in part a construction of the scientist's mind), precisely reverses this: the outside world known by the senses is alone the seat of what is — if anything is — universal, objective, real and certain.
A page on cognitive mechanisms of the
brain explains them all
as hallucinations, and «that is really all that needs to be said about personal «experiences» of gods or
other religious phenomena,» he airily concludes.
It's like they've never bothered to challenge their
brains over the idea of «death to self» that is taught time and again in both scripture
as well
as other Christian traditions such
as the catechism.
People's minds can't imagine themselves
as anything above and beyond their physical bodies, and their experiences
as anything
other than products of their
brains.
But, although some of the specific experiences, such
as pains, may be (at least virtually) determined by the
brain (at least in what we usually consider «normal,»
as distinct from «altered,» states of consciousness),
others, such
as thoughts and decisions, are not, but are based upon the mind's self - determination.
One important complication here is that
other body organs such
as the heart also generate electrical potentials that spread through the body and summate with the potentials from the
brain.
isn't that Evoulation in reverse?all
other creatures on land have a thick skin (hair or wool) except humans!if God creates us he made us this way but provide us with the
brain to complete our creation so we becomae
as independent at
other species using our heads; from riding a horse to a car to aplane to maybe self propelled engines?but why did we start covering ourselves: Are we really made with a built in shame or is it just the enviroment?