Sentences with phrase «based on brain activity»

The patterns were surprisingly consistent from person to person, to the extent that the researchers could predict, based on brain activity, the feelings of an individual who had never been scanned before.

Not exact matches

Ebay: NeuroFocus redeveloped a new brand identity based on tests they did with consumers by measuring emotions and brain activity.

For example, doctors could one day routinely use the headsets to obtain a «quantitative measurement of depression» in patients based on their brains» electrical activity, Agus said.

Students participating or desiring to participate in an athletic activity and their parent or guardian must sign and return an acknowledgement of and receipt and review of a concussion and traumatic brain injury information sheet on an annual basis.

Brain Quest also makes flashcard games for children as young as 2 and has games based on activities, such as bath time, bed time, reading and other themes.

The device is an improved version of a clinical tool called an electrode grid, which is a plastic or silicone - based grid of electrodes that is placed directly on the surface of the brain during surgery to monitor the activity of large groups of neurons.

The researchers fed the data from the scans into a machine - learning computer program, which eventually could identify which concept a volunteer was thinking about based on his or her brain activity.

Predictable sights trigger less brain activity than unfamiliar stimuli, bolstering the view that the brain is not merely reactive, but generates predictions based on the recent past.

Dr. Aron and colleagues based their study's conclusions on a neuroimaging study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanning that measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.

Trying to find the right medicine for the sickest of these patients, Rapoport scanned their brains to zero in on regions involved in OCD and found increased activity in the basal ganglia, a center for movement and habits located at the base of the forebrain.

«This suggests that the beneficial influence of physical activity on the brain and cognition is not solely based on decreasing vascular risk factors,» says researcher Paula Iso - Markku from the University of Helsinki.

Since 2009 clinical psychologist Bruce Cuthbert and his team at the National Institute of Mental Health have been constructing a classification system based on recent research, which is revealing how the structure and activity of a mentally ill brain differs from that of a healthy one.

A federal court in Tennessee heard arguments yesterday and today on whether lie detection technology based on fMRI scans of brain activity should be admitted in a criminal case involving a psychologist accused of defrauding Medicare.

To overcome these problems, Min and his team developed a new modality to visualize glucose uptake activity inside single cells based on stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) imaging, and demonstrated its use in live cancer cells, tumor xenograft tissues, primary neurons and mouse brain tissues.

«If we can sort out the many interactions between these chemicals and brain activity based on sensory perception and context, then we can possibly target specific excitatory and inhibitory neurological pathways to rebalance and influence behaviors,» says Froemke.

Based on anatomical sites with muted slow - wave activity, the researchers suspect the first - night effect involves the default - mode network, a system of interacting brain regions involved in daydreaming and spontaneous thoughts.

Most interestingly, the insight that users» brains can subconsciously detect phishing attacks, even though users themselves may fail at detecting them, can be used to build future automated phishing detection mechanisms based on neural activity.

In a 2012 paper in Neuron, based on meetings organized by the Oxnard, California - based Kavli Foundation, Yuste and colleagues laid out a plan to progress gradually from mapping the brain activity of simple model organisms such as the fruit fly to charting the brains of creatures that contain roughly 1 million neurons, such as the Etruscan shrew.

Answering this question requires classifying neuronal activity patterns recorded from the brain, based on a number of statistical, dynamical and anatomical features and correlating them with observable behaviours, such as the presence or absence of rapid eye movements.

The point is to take advantage of neurofeedback — a training tool based on electroencephalography (EEG), the measurement of changes in electrical potential that accompany any brain activity.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) used in the study showed activity in a part of the brain called the ventral striatum — which has been shown to guide goals based on prior experiences.

In the new study, decisions could be predicted based on the pattern of brain activity immediately before a decision was made.

Functional MRI produces maps of the brain based on oxygenated blood flow related to neural activity.

Based on the rate of this activity, the team estimates that microglia survey the entire volume of the brain every few hours.

We will sample activity across approximately 50 brain areas, selected based on connectivity data.

In the last few years, powerful experimental techniques that can monitor the activity of many neurons at once have generated a new field of neuroscience — «neural dynamics» — which uses sophisticated mathematical models to describe how brain activity evolves on a moment - to - moment basis.

Researchers made this conclusion based on years of work painstakingly recording the activity of one neuron or a few neurons in a single local area of the brain at a time.

Smart miniature sensors and other tools developed for the purposes of measuring brain activity will be based on technological advancements with applications in many other fields.

While published results on acupuncture and fMRI were heterogeneous, from a descriptive perspective most studies suggest that acupuncture can modulate the brain activity within specific brain areas, and the evidence based on meta - analyses confirmed part of these results.

Rissman's team found that they could accurately predict the participants» subjective experiences of each face as novel or familiar based on the measured brain activity alone, and that the accuracy of the predictions was highest (95 percent) when the participants were most confident about their answer.

Its counting and word - memorization activities, math problems, and reading challenges (all based on the brain - imaging research of Japanese neuroscientist Ryuta Kawashima) sparked a mental - exercise boom in Japan.

It acts like the brakes in a car, to where it slows down and / or stops brain activity on an as - needed basis to help us function better.

The amount of energy you burn on a daily basis can be split into two main categories — the energy you use during physical activity and the energy you use to carry out basic functions such as breathing, keeping your heart beating and maintaining brain activity.

«We present a model of cognitive cost based on the novel idea that the brain senses and plans for longer - term allocation of metabolic resources by purposively conserving brain activity.

At Harvard, in the 1970s, long before MRIs could give a precise view of brain activity, Rose became fascinated by the emerging science of psychophysiology, based partly on trying to understand electrical activity in the brain through skin conduction tests.

Founder, Carrie Scheiner, developed the Fun Wise ® Exercise methodology based on cutting edge brain research to create programs that provide the optimal learning experiences for increased academic performance and physical activity.

LiiNK is based on improved brain development as a result of physical activity and outdoor exposure throughout the day, and character development taught daily.

The workplace productivity expert and career coach explains that, based on research into brain activity and work styles — plus her own experiences and those of her clients — there's no single, right way to achieve productivity.

She is joined on the short list by Laure Prouvost, 35, a French artist and filmmaker who works in London, and was nominated for «Wantee,» a performance piece, and several exhibitions; Tino Sehgal, 36, a British - born, Berlin - based artist, selected for his «This Variation» and «These Associations» exhibitions; and David Shrigley, 44, a British artist known for his darkly humorous works (including a stuffed Jack Russell terrier holding a sign that reads, «I Am Dead»), shortlisted for «Brain Activity,» a retrospective of his drawings, photography, sculpture and film.

The increasing popularity of neurofeedback is based on the growing evidence that a wide variety of psychological disorders can be understood as firing mistakes in the brain's electrical activity.

A brain - training app based on research showing that some types of activity can help you combat negativity, anxiety and stress while fostering positive traits like gratitude and empathy.

Neurofeedback is based on electrical brain activity.