Sentences with phrase «cingulate cortex when»

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The scans showed that the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC), an area linked to emotion, became particularly active when participants brought the snakes closer, but not when they gave in to their fears (Neuron, DOI: 10.1016 / j.neuron.2010.06.009).

«The middle cingulate cortex was active when they imagined themselves dancing — in other words, when they needed to recognize themselves in the action.»

When humans are torn between paying attention to two different things, it triggers a «conflict» circuit in a brain region called the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) which is part of a larger brain structure controlling rational thought and emotions.

When two areas of the brain come into conflict, researchers have found, an area known as the anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC, switches on to mediate between them.

Nevertheless, we could see that brain regions such as SII, insula, cingulate gyrus, amygdala / hippocampal formation and prefrontal cortices might be important when differentiating the acupuncture specific effect from sham acupuncture.

Specific brain areas, most notably the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and anterior insula, activated during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) both when subjects experienced pain and when another person present experienced pain, whereas other areas activated only during the direct sensation of pain [3].

Rao's team found that when volunteers saw names such as Britney Spears, George Clooney, Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe, those who were at the highest risk of developing Alzheimer's — those with both the genetic makeup and a family history — showed high levels of activity in the hippocampus, posterior cingulate and regions of the frontal cortex, all areas involved in memory.

fMRI imaging revealed activation in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC), a part of the brain's core emotion network, when rooms with a curvilinear design were viewed.