Sentences with phrase «between brain wiring»

Researchers have pinpointed a gene that keeps important brain cells in mice from crossing their wires, providing a possible link between brain wiring and mood disorders like depression.

Not exact matches

Brain imaging studies have shown that people with synesthesia tend to be wired differently: they display hyperconnectivity between parts of their brains related to their synesthetic experiences.

And more: They are wired to the hypothalamus, the interface between the brain and the endocrine system (when you are afraid, the endocrine system produces adrenaline and other chemicals that get your heart racing and palms sweating).

The difference between a vegetative and a minimally conscious brain was looking like a question of how much brain wiring remained intact and, more important, still able to pass along a signal.

«We now have the tools to embark on reverse engineering the brain by discovering relationships between circuit wiring and neuronal and network computations.»

While many aspects of brain circuitry are hard - wired, it is also dynamic: the connections between neurons in the brain change with experience to store information, and in this way nature and nurture combine to define our identities.

His invention of serial block - face scanning electron microscopy then revealed the wiring asymmetry between these inter-neurons and the retinal ganglion cells that convey motion information to the brain.

Both doctors work on brain computer interfaces (BCI), which include establishing a communication pathway between a wired brain and an external device.

Among these achievements are the development of new techniques for classifying different types of neurons; automated methods for creating wiring diagrams of the connections between cells in the mammalian brain; new ways of recording and manipulating the electrical activity of hundreds, even thousands, of cells simultaneously; and, advanced microscopes that allow researchers to visualize the activity of all the cells in the brains of small animals.

Unfolding like Roman Polanski's take on «The King of Marvin Gardens» while simultaneously serving as a suitable spiritual sequel to the director's debut, «Afterschool,» in which the male desire to connect meaningfully with others is frayed and warped by life experience, «Simon Killer» is Antonio Campos» latest chilly, chilling character study, with Corbet effectively replacing Ezra Miller, who led the previous film, as a neuroscience major who studied how the eyes and the brain relate, but has a seriously loose wire between his own brain and his heart.

In the course of early neurodevelopment, the brain is wired so that learning to read is difficult but learning in other domains is not; that is, in some cases, there may be a causal link between being at risk for dyslexia and giftedness

Interpersonal Neurobiology The study of interpersonal neurobiology focuses on the relationship between early attachment experiences and the «wiring» of the brain (Schore 2012; Siegel 2007).

When we calmly set and enforce limits as children grow, show understanding and acceptance of their emotions and feelings whilst their prefrontal cortex in their brains (the emotional regulatory centre) grows and the wiring connections establish so they can develop their own impulse and emotional control, we can still guide children to cope with the real world (especially through natural consequences) without severing vital connections between us and out children.

Research reveals that high levels of joy and caring touch between a parent and child helps to wire the brain to form emotionally healthy neruopathways, resulting in a life - long ability to develop emotionally intimate, empathetic and caring relationships.