Sentences with phrase «high functioning brains»

It turns out that many animals are smart because they have high functioning brains and they display a wide range of emotions.

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Yes, it's known that most higher brain functions (such as perception, memory, and intelligence) are centered in the cerebral cortex, that 0.1 - inch - thick infolding of neuron - rich gray matter overlaying both the right and the left hemispheres that would cover some 1.5 square feet if it were laid out like a tablecloth.

According to David Randall, the author of Dreamland, even a short nap «primes our brains to function at a higher level, letting us come up with better ideas, find solutions to puzzles more quickly, identify patterns faster and recall information more accurately.»

Although you can access gamma brain waves during periods of extremely high functioning, it's the beta waves that scientists associate with everyday alertness, critical thinking, socialization, learning and cognitive processing.

The second major consequence of being a techno - addict is that it deprives you of the most important entrepreneurial resource of all — your brain — the organ you need to be using to think, plan, innovate and solve, all high - end strategic functions that require time and space to do effectively.

As Dr. McGonigal presents various scientific studies that show differences in the brain functioning between meditators and non-meditators, she highlights how meditation practice benefits the practitioner in various ways such as higher pain thresholds and reduced depression.

It can turn off the higher functions of even the most brilliant brains.

@ steve, I could also get into some of the «higher brain functions» that lead scientists to better understand why we have compassion and such; however, I think that many people don't really give compassion or morals a lot of thought or care as to where they come from, they are simply a part of who we are as a species.

It is obvious to me that I altered my brain significantly after years of intense / deep prayer and meditation and that as a result of these contributory experiences I was a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life — there were things going on in my biology which predisposed me to being a depressive and a high - functioning schizophrenic but engaging in intense / deep prayer and meditation was only exacerbating this problem by altering my state of consciousness which precipitated the psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena which I experienced.

Anencephaly is a condition in which an infant is born with a fully or partially functioning brain stem but without any cerebral hemispheres (higher brain).

(II) All kinds of brain operations alter the personality of a patient to some degree; many pharmaca, particularly lysergic acid, alter the brain functions to great extents; and the male and female sexual hormones cause the psychic differences between man and woman — injections of the opposite hormone can alter the sexual mentality to a high degree.

It seems my brain has been in an altered, dissociated state for a good while — as I stated earlier, I have been a high - functioning schizophrenic for a good portion of my life.

According to the Harvard criteria, loss of higher brain functions alone did not constitute death, and the laws of our states that have established criteria for determining brain death have had whole brain death in view.

A higher organism, Bergson states, is essentially a neuromotor system installed on systems of digestion, respiration, secretion, etc., «whose essential function is to cleanse and protect it...» (CE 124; cf. also 121, 123, 126, 252) A Bergsonian temporal hierarchy in a higher organism must then be essentially threefold: Consciousness, brain and nervous system, and motor system, with the rhythms of the first «extending over» the second and those of the second over the third.

Or, moving up to a higher level, if the chemistry of the brain were altered, then the capacity of mental principles to function would be affected also.

The added antioxidant blend made from high quality fruits, vegetables, and herbs to support healthier skin, brain function and immune system.

It's high in vitamin K that helps with brain function.

With a high amount of absorbable iron and a variety of vitamins and minerals, the blend is the perfect addition to this oat and nut granola, to add an energy kick, boost brain function and the immune system.

It has so many other health benefits and I'll list them briefly; high in mineral especialy calcium (more than any other plant), high in protein, anti-viral / - infection / - inflammation properties as well as offering polysaccharides which can prevent for example type two diabetes, improve liver function, stabalise blood sugar and last but not least release «happy» brain chemicals.

Figs are also one of the best foods for lowering your blood pressure thanks to their high magnesium and potassium content, and they are a rich source of anthocyanins, the antioxidants linked to healthier brain and heart function.

Pastured eggs are a great source of protein: they are high in omega - 3s, as well as nutrients that support brain function.

On a cognitive level, growing up in a chaotic and unstable environment — and experiencing the chronic elevated stress that such an environment produces — disrupts the development of a set of skills, controlled by the prefrontal cortex, known as executive functions: higher - order mental abilities that some researchers compare to a team of air - traffic controllers overseeing the working of the brain.

Research suggests that about a third of kids are lucky enough to escape trauma, but about a quarter suffer such high doses that it affects brain development, immune and endocrine functioning, and can create mental and physical disease systems that reduce the lifespan by an average of 20 years.

More and more studies are showing a higher brain function with regular exercise.

Although scientists have long suspected that RHI caused brain damage, especially in boxers, a 2010 study of high school football players by researchers at Purdue University [1,13] was the first to identify a completely unexpected and previously unknown category of players who, though they displayed no clinically - observable signs of concussion, were found to have measurable impairment of neurocognitive function (primarily visual working memory) on computerized neurocognitive tests, as well as altered activation in neurophysiologic function on sophisticated brain imaging tests (fMRI).

During times of emotional upset, children are functioning from their lower brain (which controls the fight, flight, or freeze response) and need to calm down before they can access their higher brain (responsible for logical thought and reasoning).

Those experiments are helping to build connectivity in his high - functioning brain.

If bilirubin levels are very high, they can pose a risk to your baby's hearing and other brain functions.

In non-REM sleep higher order brain functions (the thinking parts of our brain) shut down, while in REM sleep the brain is actively processing information acquired during waking hours.

Salmon is a great substitute for some of these choices as it is high in protein and essential omega - 3s which are crucial for brain development and functioning.

When I consider brain research I believe it is because of AP that my son is high functioning.

Facing the facts is difficult, requiring sustained mental labor and a high - functioning brain.

In adults, elevated blood mercury levels are associated with impaired brain function [pdf], and acute mercury poisoning has been documented in people who consumed substantial amounts of high - mercury seafood in a short period of time.

«Research suggests high - fat diets during pregnancy could influence brain functioning, behavior of children.»

The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) mediates the cognitive control of many high - level brain functions.

«We know that high - fat diets are tied to increased risk for metabolic syndrome and obesity, which in turn are associated with decreased brain function,» said TOS spokesperson Kelly Allison, PhD, Director of Education, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders and Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

The neocortex, involved in higher - level function such as language and reasoning, was the region of the brain affected.

«We still don't know very much about how individual cells in the brain coordinate the activity of higher - level function that defines us as humans,» he says.

«However, this is a rare study measuring the direct effect of high - fat diets of pregnant rats on the brain function of their offspring, and it provides further incentive for childbearing women to eat a varied and nutritious diet.»

The 2009 book The Playful Brain: Venturing to the limits of neuroscience, for example, reviewed many studies showing that playful activity leads to the growth of more connections between neurons, particularly in the frontal lobe — the part of the brain responsible for uniquely human higher mental functBrain: Venturing to the limits of neuroscience, for example, reviewed many studies showing that playful activity leads to the growth of more connections between neurons, particularly in the frontal lobe — the part of the brain responsible for uniquely human higher mental functbrain responsible for uniquely human higher mental functions.

The research team, led by David Cantu and Chris Dulla, studied the effect of traumatic brain injury on the levels of the neurotransmitter gamma - aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the cerebral cortex, the portion of the brain associated with higher level functions such as information processing.

These findings could be a step in grasping how the brain circuit is shaped during this early stage development and how these neuronal circuits contribute to higher cognitive function in adulthood.

Subplate neurons form the first connections in the developing cerebral cortex — the outer part of the mammalian brain that controls perception, memory and, in humans, higher functions such as language and abstract reasoning.

«We found that if you have a higher functioning dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the imbalance in these deeper brain structures is not expressed as changes in mood or anxiety,» Hariri said.

A Johns Hopkins study earlier this year confirmed that the Zika virus works by attacking the brain's cortical neural progenitor cells that eventually become the brain's cortex that controls many higher functions.

After controlling for factors known to influence brain volume and cognitive test scores, such as age and gender, the researchers found that a higher self - reported frequency of game playing was significantly associated with greater brain volume in several regions involved in Alzheimer's disease (such as the hippocampus) and with higher cognitive test scores on memory and executive function.

GABA is believed to have an inhibitory function in the areas of the brain associated with higher motor function and that a decrease in this inhibiting factor leads to the tics experienced by people with TS.

The areas in the brain linked to this type of decision making were the dorsal portion of the medial prefrontal cortex, which is known to support higher cognitive functions such as planning, and the premotor cortex, which is more involved in the execution of real or imaginary movements.

Different abnormalities such as cleft palates, small skulls, and problems with higher brain function were seen depending on which cell types lacked Smc3 expression, but the phenotypes were similar to those seen in CdLS patients.

Both tasks caused the brain to work harder in the prefrontal, parietal and temporal lobes of the cortex, the outer layer of the brain that deals with higher functions such as perception and language.