Sentences with phrase «connected brain networks»

Using a high - resolution analysis of how individual neurons and their connected brain networks processed this touch information, designed by neurocomputational scientist Alberto Mazzoni and physics scientist Anton Spanne, the groups got an unexpected insight into the brain representations of the external world experienced through touch.

Of the subjects learning the new vocabulary, those who were more successful in attaining the information showed a more connected brain network than both the less successful participants and those who did not learn the new vocabulary.

«Although different types of brain stimulation are currently applied in different locations, we found that the targets used to treat the same disease are nodes in the same connected brain network,» says first author Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD, an investigator in the Berenson - Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and in the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center at BIDMC.

Not exact matches

Tibbetts points out that the reticular network is not connected to any particular brain region; its fibers appear to spray the entire cortex.

However, in brains at rest in people with aphasia, networks involved in hearing, motor processing, attention and executive functions were not as strongly connected as the same networks in the control group.

Neuroscientists have long suspected that the network of neurons in our brains might be connected in such a way that they achieve a state of «self - organised criticality» (SOC), in which they are neither ordered nor random, but somewhere in between.

In an era of increasing excitement about mapping the brain's «connectome,» this finding fits with our growing understanding of complex brain functions as residing not in discrete brain regions, but in densely connected networks of neurons spread throughout different parts of the brain.

To take on that role in a machine, the core would have to connect to the other parts of the brain, diagrammed as a network at right.

In a new study, neuroscientists connected a network of electrodes to the hearing centers of 15 patients» brains (image above) and recorded the brain activity while they listened to words like «jazz» or «Waldo.»

They form a complex network connecting various centres in the brain through electrical impulses.

The brain, it turns out, connects smells to memories through an associative process where neural networks are linked through synchronized brain waves of 20 - 40 Hz.

In addition to a number of other studies planned or in process, the team is interested in exploring further how the brain stem is connected functionally to other areas of the brain, «because usually the brain doesn't work from just one area; it's a network of areas that all work together,» Stephenson said.

«But, by looking at the brain's own network connectivity, we can identify sites on the surface of the brain that connect with this deep site, and stimulate those sites noninvasively.»

In the researchers» petri dishes, different cell types develop, connect into a network, exchange signals and produce metabolic products typical of the active brain.

Another brain region, the junction area between temporal and parietal cortex that has been related to the shielding of thoughts against irrelevant information, is less strongly connected to the rest of the brain network.

A resilient, low - frequency, small - world human brain functional network with highly connected association cortical hubs

Such an efficient network architecture of our functional brain raises the question of a possible association between how efficiently the regions of our brain are functionally connected and our level of intelligence.

One of the many big puzzles left in neurology is working out which parts of the brain are connected — and how the networks function.

When compared to the control group, type 2 patients showed decreased integrity in the white matter of two different areas in the brain — the cingulum bundle, which is a fiber tract that connects regions in the default - mode network, and the uncinate fasciculus, which connects regions important for executive function and memory.

«The new data presented here suggest that changes which lead to criminal behaviour occur with dysfunction of specific networks — wiring pathways that connect specific parts of the brain.

Myelin is generated by specialized cells, oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal column (the central nervous system, or CNS), and Schwann cells in the network of nerves outside the CNS that connect it with the rest of the body (the peripheral nervous system).

Oxytocin and dopamine signalling within connected brain areas of the reward - processing network drive social bonding behaviours but the neural mechanisms have been unclear.

Moreover, network connectivity measures based on delta - band brain rhythms predicted individuals» experience of the concert — individuals with more connections to other audience members enjoyed the concert more and felt more connected to the performers.

The areas of the brain involved in processing emotions, recalling memories, and thinking about the future are connected together in what is known as the default mode network, or DMN.

Drs. Fogerite and Bowling both say more research is needed to discover the mechanics of how yoga works for people with MS, but Dr. Fogerite suspects that the slow, mindful repetitions of the movements in yoga may help «recruit» brain cells next to the cells damaged by the disease — in essence rerouting the network needed to connect for a particular function.

«What we found is after the mindfulness retreat, the activity in the prefrontal cortex region was more connected with this default mode network so the neural connections in the brain were strengthened between this executive function attention region and the default mode network at rest.

Before he dies, he attempts to transcend himself by connecting his brain into P.I.N.N. (Physically Independent Neural Network), the massive processor behind their entire work.

As Wolf says, each of the neural networks and systems that a reading brain connects to first needs to be fully developed, and developed in a certain order.

If you, or someone you know has suffered a traumatic brain injury, make sure to connect with the BIAA's support network, and get connected to a community of survivors that know what you are going through.

The second - generation Samsung SmartThings Hub is designed to be the brain of your smart home ecosystem, much like a wireless router serves to connect everything to your Wi - Fi network.