Sentences with phrase «by brain activities»

Religious experiences can not be measured by brain activities alone.

A 2012 study showed that pink noise made a measurable difference in the quality in sleep, both in how participants felt afterwards and as measured by brain activity monitors).

Magnetoencelphalography, or MEG, is a technique that measures the tiny magnetic fields generated by brain activity.

In humans, sleep is also characterized by brain activity: periods of slow - wave activity are each followed by short phases of Rapid - Eye - Movement sleep (REM sleep).

Gow's method of investigating how the human brain perceives and distinguishes among elements of spoken language combines electroencephalography (EEG), which records electrical brain activity; magnetoencephalograohy (MEG), which the measures subtle magnetic fields produced by brain activity, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which reveals brain structure.

During sleep, the brain cycles through a number of different stages differentiated from each other by the brain activity that occurs during each stage.

And those who experienced surprises had greater happiness (measured by brain activity).

Not exact matches

Goal - setting actually changes the chemistry of our brains, and studies have shown that that activity can increase motivation and boost achievement levels by approximately 30 percent.

In the meantime, we can do our part to keep our attentional focus sharp by first reducing distractions to improve our suppression capabilities, and then beefing - up the brain's enhancement functions through activities like exercise, meditation, outdoor time, and immersive video games.

Gazzaley and Rosen say some activities may boost cognition and attention by stimulating the brain's ability to strengthen and reorganize existing neural connections, a process called neuroplasticity.

fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) «is a functional neuroimaging procedure using MRI technology that measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow,» according to Wikipedia.

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

For example, a standard measurement tool used by neuromarketing is the EEG (electroencephalogram), which measures our brain's electrical activity.

Its proponents will tell you that conscious thought accounts for only 5 % of our brain functions, and that by hooking people up to MRI machines, you can see that advertising stimulates all sorts of unconscious brain activity.

The research (which thrills me personally) was led by Larry Stevens, a Northern Arizona University psychologist, and involved looking at the effects of eating dark chocolate on the brain, using an EEG machine to measure brain activity.

According to a University of Iowa study on brain activity led by physiological psychologist Debra L. Johnson, introvert brains show more activity in areas dealing with learning and planning, while extrovert brains are more active in regions that control sensory processes, like watching and listening.

So what can scientists learn by measuring your brain activity when, say, you listen to a cello solo or view a piece of art?

In the last year, the technology long used by researchers to measure brain activity has become affordable enough for some toy makers to incorporate it into their toys and video games.

«Re-entry», as Edelman states, «provides the critical means by which the activities of distributed multiple brain areas are linked, bound, and then dynamically altered in time during perceptual categorization.

By itself this finding is consistent with a materialist view of mind (if, as materialism requires, the brain enables the mind, then abnormal patterns of brain activity are likely to be correlated with dysfunctional mental states).

Only the series of dominant occasions known as the soul is a separate society, i.e., a set of personally ordered occasions which provide continuity in time for the patterns already generated in large part by nexus of living occasions within the field of activity proper to the brain.

Brain wave activity is both spatial and temporal in nature, and though not directly sensible it is externally detectable by instruments developed and used in physiological psychology.

Neural networks simulate brain activity by trying to make connections between different data points and using those connections to create original «ideas» (but think of those ideas as crowd - sourced from a bunch of external sources).

But it had by then become possible to sustain heart and lung activity (with a respirator) for days or even weeks after a patient had irreversibly lost all brain function.

At that time the technology of transplant surgery was beginning to make progress, and some people suspected that the desire to establish in law a concept of brain death was motivated only by the wish to obtain organs for transplant before those organs had deteriorated (as they will rapidly when heart and lung activity fail).

In Whitehead's philosophy the soul is a series of momentary events or actual occasions supported by the body (particularly the brain) and coordinating its activities.

Ther is a doctor by the nams of «Franenstein'that claims to have made progress in restoring brain activity after it has been lost, but he is a froeigner and none of his publications have been peer reviewed.

It is considered an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which means it regulates brain and nerve cell activity by inhibiting the number of neurons firing in the brain.

The study, by researchers at Israel's Bar - Ilan University, measured first - time parents» brain activity when they watched films of themselves playing with their children.

It requires the parent or guardian and student to annually sign and return a concussion and brain injury information sheet (provided by each district and non-public school) prior to the student's participation in any extracurricular interscholastic activity for grades 7 - 12.

It requires All coaches and volunteers involved in a youth sport or activity covered by this chapter must complete a training course and a refresher course annually thereafter in concussions and traumatic brain injuries.

The policies must (1) Require the student athlete and their parent or guardian to annually review and sign information on concussions, (2) Require that a student athlete suspected by their coach, athletic trainer or team physician of sustaining a concussion or brain injury in a practice or game be removed from the activity at that time.

The policy requires removal from play for any student, as determined by a game official, coach from the student's team, certified athletic trainer, licensed physician, licensed physical therapist or other official designated by the student's school entity, exhibits signs or symptoms of a concussion or traumatic brain injury while participating in an athletic activity.

«The study, which the researchers say is the first to link brain activity with maternal behavior, is likely to reinforce the convictions of breast - feeding mothers that they're doing right by their babies».

Keep young minds sharp, hands busy, and brains inquisitive by choosing science activities to do with your children this summer.

Each box is specifically catered to your baby's needs with activities and toys picked out by Bumble Brain's curated team and psychologists.

Two of the Purdue studies [36,37] suggested that it might be possible to reduce risk of brain trauma by gradually increasing the amount of contact in the football pre-season to allow time for players» brains to adjust, and one, by finding that players who sustained more than 50 hits per game, were much more likely than those who sustained fewer hits to be «flagged» by ImPACT and / or fMRI results as having neurocognitive deficits or altered brain activity, suggested that players be limited to a certain number of plays per game (a hard rule to implement, given the prevalence of two - way players in the high school game).

The connecting process (synapse formation) is rapid during this year, with brain activity becoming closer to adult than newborn by 12 months.

The study, which the researchers say is the first to link brain activity with maternal behavior, is likely to reinforce the convictions of breast - feeding mothers that they're doing right by their babies and make formula - feeding moms squirm a little.

The children get the tools and support they need to get their body / brain connections working better, the parents get these same benefits from doing the activities and movements with their children and the parent / child relationship is strengthened by the time spent together doing the activities.

These activities are too passive for children, whose brains are stimulated by activity.

A study conducted by the University of Montreal and presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting revealed that you can promote healthy brain activity before your kids are born — with exercise!

Sleep disturbed by night terrors means that there is irregular brain activity going on — most of the brain is «asleep,» but the small part that controls movement, voice, and expression actually remains awake.

Give you baby a brain development boost by trying these activities; it will be a great bonding experience too!

A recent study conducted by researchers at the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation looked at differences in brain activity comparing the times children spent on screens (TV, smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers) versus reading a book.

«The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self - regulatory activities of all kinds, both emotional and cognitive.

The Family Nurture Intervention can increase infant brain activity by 36 % when the infants reach full term age.

What about working on some science to prevent summer brain slump by doing some science water play activities.

It is the day - to - day experiences — activities like playing, being read to, learning, and interacting and being responded to by people — that helps to develop your baby's brain.

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