Sentences with phrase «brain scans actually»

Or do brain scans actually not say very much about who we are?

Not exact matches

There is actually MRI scans of Christians that show there brains are less active than the atheist.

Brain scans of perfumers have found that the olfactory parts of their brains actually grew more developed as they got older, not the other way around, as with most people.

After a new brain - scanning approach revealed that a seemingly vegetative young woman was actually conscious, she started down the road to a partial recovery

Brain scans suggest that the visions induced by an Amazonian shamans» brew may be as real as anything the eyes actually see

But if it were possible to use brain scans to predict our every action — showing that our choices are determined before we actually make them — would people abandon this belief in droves?

«These include different types of MRI scans, which use strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the inside of the brain, and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans, which use a small amount of a radioactive drug, or tracer, to test how tissues in the brain are actually functioning.

This is still an interesting paper but it would have been better to actually scan the 17 (or 40) patients» brains or follow up a sample of patients with brain injuries sustained in road traffic accidents, combat situations, etc., to see which ones become violent / criminal and whether this relates to the site and extent of the damage.»

I think the casual reader might have the impression (from the brain images, etc.) that the authors actually studied these patients and scanned their brains themselves, but this doesn't seem to be what happened.

Through PET scans, Jagust and his colleagues found that tau protein actually forms in the brain's medial temporal lobe.

Brain scans revealed that this type of meditation can actually alter connective pathways in your brain related to executive function and stress resiliBrain scans revealed that this type of meditation can actually alter connective pathways in your brain related to executive function and stress resilibrain related to executive function and stress resilience.

Recent studies have found that both cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-- more about this in a minute — and mindfulness techniques can make positive changes to your gray matter, ones actually visible in a brain scan.

Researchers have noted pleasure deficiencies shown on brain scans of a variety of people, finding that frequent abuse of food or drugs actually alters the brain, causing it to not light up with dopamine as it once did.Chronic overeating can also lead to diabetes and predisposes the body toward inflammation, insulin resistance, elevated blood pressure, psychiatric illness, poor digestion, hormone imbalance, and malnutrition.

Using MRI brain scans, scientists have discovered that emotions such as intimidation, anger, frustration and especially fear can actually shut down your attention.

These latest brain scans include DTI (Diffuse Tensor Imaging), SWI (Susceptibility Weighted Imaging), and the very latest, FDA approved NeuroQuant (aka Quantitative Volumetric Analysis) The NeuroQuant is a statistically driven exam which actually measures the decrease in volume of the injured part of the brain.

According to recent research, these scans reveal such a trauma actually «changes the structure and function of the brain, at the point where the frontal cortex, the emotional brain and the survival brain converge.»