Sentences with phrase «different areas of the brain as»

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There are recent studies that say people who read a substantial amount are more able to empathize with others, and also that the brain is engaged in several different areas by particular words, such as areas related to the senses of taste, touch, or smell especially.

Furthermore, brain imaging data for these very elderly animals shows a slight loss of grey matter (neuronal cell bodies), an effect that the researchers have not yet explained, as well as significantly slowed atrophy of white matter (the neuronal fibers connecting different areas of the brain).

Playing tennis and moving around your house were chosen as they activate different areas of the brain, making it easy to distinguish between the two in a functional MRI scanner.

None perceived a difference between the two types of sweat, but the pre-exam sweat had a different effect on brain activity, lighting up areas that process social and emotional signals, as well as several areas thought to be involved in empathy (PLoS One, DOI: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0005987).

Whereas some of the other types of visual prostheses propose stimulating different areas of the brain from the one Pezaris is targeting, another promising project known as the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System is expanding its U.S. clinical trial into Europe.

Because a habitat may contain related moth species that use the same flowers as nectar sources but different host plants to lay their eggs, the researchers would like to investigate whether odors that provide olfactory cues to identify the best oviposition sites activate similar areas in the antennal lobe of these moths, or whether the functional atlas of the brain is different in each species.

Dirty Minds is not short on moments of insight, such as when Sukel discovers that an orgasm involves as many as 30 different areas of the brain.

«Our results, as well as similar results from other labs, point to a need for carefully designed tasks and paradigms that can reveal different functions in key areas of the brain and different vulnerabilities to the aging process,» Reagh added.

With so many different areas of science and technology to choose from, Colan says the show opted to create episodes around hot - button issues including aviation, bionics and mobility and waste management as well as more obscure topics including regenerative medicine and brain - to - computer interfaces.

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Right now we can record from about 100 different electrodes at a time, which is enough to get a sense of what one part of one brain area is doing, but not to study a circuit as a whole.

Extensive damage to white matter (myelin - rich brain areas) characterizes Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's disease, pointing to myelin damage and oligodendrocyte impairment as a common path to the progression of these diseases, even though each of these diseases may have a different cause.

The constant activity of the brain is observed as brainwaves that oscillate at different frequencies in different brain areas which keep a steady «beat».

Neuroscientist Sara Lazar, Ph.D., along with her colleagues, found that as little as eight weeks of daily practice can enlarge four different areas of the brain: the posterior cingulate, left hippocampus, temporo parietal junction, and the brain stem.

As evidenced by brain scanning, different areas of the brain including the occipital lobe are activated by different parts of this simple meditation.

This is because as these tumors grow, they start to press on different areas of the brain.

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