Sentences with phrase «electrical brain activity found»

«Measures of electrical brain activity found that the hormone progesterone influences sleep, even at this late reproductive stage in perimenopausal women.»

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Recording the electrical activity of neurons directly from the surface of the brain, the scientists found that for a simple task, such as repeating a word presented visually or aurally, the visual and auditory cortexes reacted first to perceive the word.

«We found more changes in brain electrical activity in male subjects, than in females, which was a surprise, as we expected it would be the other way around.

This time, they found that young men and young women responded differently, with males showing a greater increase in electrical activity in the brain in response to a TMS pulse.

To find the answers, Phelps uses the tools and principles of cognitive neuroscience, a discipline that explores how the brain gives rise to the mind: how neuroanatomy and the electrical activity of nerve cells relate to thoughts and actions.

Monkeys typically find other monkeys impossible to ignore, and this experiment was no exception: the monkeys often failed at the reward task because they looked at the faces, especially if the faces depicted emotion.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.Using a tiny sensor implanted in the dACCs of the monkeys, Platt's group was able to measure the electrical activity of single neurons.

The findings could have significant implications for the development of brain - computer interfaces and neuro - prosthetics, which would allow a person to control a prosthetic device by tapping into the electrical activity of their brain.

When the scientists measured the electrical activity in the subjects» brains, they found that the brain's auditory cortex was stimulated by pictures associated with sounds, in less than 200 milliseconds.

Another study found that earthing changed the electrical activity in the brain, as measured by electroencephalograms.

According to MedlinePlus, a seizure in humans is defined as «the physical findings or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain.»