Sentences with phrase «higher brain functions»

Without higher brain functions, we can't put the past trauma events into long - term memory.

Perry says «rhythmic regulation» by body movement can get the brain stem to calm long enough to let the higher brain functions come on line.

Dr. Bruce Perry, MD, Dr. Dan Siegel, MD, Stephen Porges and show that trauma shuts down higher brain functions like cognition.

Determine when clients can't self - soothe or access higher brain functions and intervene accordingly.

Research indicates that there are specific tools you can use to halt the stress response, lower levels of the stress hormone, and recover more quickly from stress so you can access higher brain functions.

Stress has a powerful negative impact on higher brain functions.

The absence of direct trauma has left our higher brain functions, like judgment, self - awareness and compassion unimpaired.

Higher brain functions, like the ability to make good decisions, can also be impaired.

«We hope to gain a comprehensive understanding of the connectivity and synaptic plasticity mechanisms underlying higher brain functions,» says neuroscientist Kyungjin Kim, president of the Korea Brain Research Institute.

Higher brain functions emerge at the scale of networks of neurons; brain disorders such as dementia, epilepsy or schizophrenia appear to result when networks fail to operate correctly.

In the brains of humans and non-human primates, over 100 billion nerve cells build up complicated neural circuits and produce higher brain functions.

Dr. Fallon's research program is primarily in four areas, including adult stem cells, chemical neuroanatomy and circuitry, higher brain functions, and brain imaging.

Lately he has focused on higher brain functions, particularly in the neural circuitry and genetics of creativity, artistic talent, psychopathology, criminal behavior, and level of consciousness.

They also want to try this technique on awake mice, to see how switching neuronal activity on and off with a light can affect higher brain functions.

A research group led by Osaka University and the University of Tokyo found that the intracellular protein trafficking is important for higher brain functions such as learning and memory.

The research group showed that a molecule, ARHGAP33 regulates synaptic functions and behaviors via intracellular protein trafficking and that the lack of ARHGAP33 causes neuropsychiatric disorder - related impaired higher brain functions.

The group» finding that the impaired intracellular protein trafficking leads to neuropsychiatric disorders - related abnormal higher brain functions has high impact on the fields of psychiatry, basic medical sciences, and pharmaceutical sciences.

«Molecular mechanism for higher brain functions, neuropsychiatric disorders.»

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.

@ 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.

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.

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

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.

Knoblich says that although they provide a good structural model, the complex activities necessary for higher brain function can not be reproduced.

It's generally accepted that these neurological differences are what allowed us to evolve the higher brain function that other primates lack.

«I believe that rodents will have exhausted their usefulness for basic brain research in the next 20 years, and people will have no choice but to turn to primates to understand higher brain function,» he says.

The higher the metabolism the higher the brain function.

With the use of vitamins and other nutrients, autistic children can achieve higher brain function, improvement in sleep patterns and an increase in the function of the immune system.

It is not easy to burn fat and still maintain high brain function, but using these three diet hacks can help you do exactly that.

Increased energy levels, higher brain function, ability to go an entire day without feeling the slightest bit tired, and the list goes one.

It is a tool we can use to calm the hypothalamus and allow the higher brain function to take place.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.