Sentences with phrase «in animal brains»

Dopamine signals reward in animal brains.
Using the technique as a proof of principle, the researchers were able to detect transplanted tumor cells in animal brains.
It is also the first to demonstrate that a deep convolutional neural network — a computing system modelled after the neuron activity in animal brains that can basically learn on its own — can effectively differentiate between similar plants with an amazing accuracy of nearly 100 %.
To understand how they work, it's easiest to start from the beginning, in 1943, when neurophysiologist Warren McCulloch and mathematician Walter Pitts used math to describe the function of neurons in animal brains.
He analysed videos of zebras with a motion detection program that mimics how movement is encoded in the animal brain.
If this continues, they will not know at what level of human cells in the animals brain, the animal begins to have a more human level of sentience.
These exosomes contain specific microRNAs that promote myelination of aging brain as well as brain damaged by multiple sclerosis modeled in animal brain tissues.

Not exact matches

That stems in part from the presence in our brains of a well - developed frontal lobe, an evolutionary advantage we hold over the rest of the animal kingdom.
When behavior is successful our cells become finely tuned to what the animal was learning at the time while a failure shows little change in the brain or improvement in the monkey's behavior.
In fact, in animals, play helps the frontal lobe of the brain maturIn fact, in animals, play helps the frontal lobe of the brain maturin animals, play helps the frontal lobe of the brain mature.
All the animals completed a series of cognitive tests at the start of the study and were injected with a substance that allows scientists to track changes in their brain structures.
That's not quite right and in fact you miss one of the biggest differences in the human brain compared to other animals.
While exhorting us to contemplate nature, the Qur» an says, «In the creation of skies and the earth, the difference between night and day, the ships which run at sea carrying that which is useful for mankind, the rain water which Allah sends down from the sky to revive the earth after its death, and to spread animals on it, and the arrangement of winds and clouds between sky and earth, in all those things there are evidences (for the existence of God) for those who make use of their brains» (Surah II, 164In the creation of skies and the earth, the difference between night and day, the ships which run at sea carrying that which is useful for mankind, the rain water which Allah sends down from the sky to revive the earth after its death, and to spread animals on it, and the arrangement of winds and clouds between sky and earth, in all those things there are evidences (for the existence of God) for those who make use of their brains» (Surah II, 164in all those things there are evidences (for the existence of God) for those who make use of their brains» (Surah II, 164).
The dizzying advances in molecular biology blur the former distinctions between man, animal, plant and mineral; and the recent «reductions» of mind to brain are fruits of the methodological imperative to explain the animate and mental in terms of the inanimate and the unconscious.
The authors discuss the evolution of the human brain, the importance of language, and compare human intelligence to that found in other animals.
He has achieved fame by experiments in which, after removing the amygdalae from the brains of cats, he observed that the cats veered «helplessly from one inappropriate affect to another, boredom where there should be fear... sexual arousal where there was nothing that would stimulate an intact animal
Thus, at the lowest level, electrons tend to unite and converge in the atom; atoms converge by molecularization, crystallization; molecules unite by polymerization; cells unite by conjugation, reproduction, association; nerve ganglions concentrate and localize to form a brain by what might be called a process of cephalization; the higher animal groups form colonies, hives, herds, societies, etc.; man socializes and forms civilizations as foci of attraction and organization.
It needs to be stated first that human beings are highly complex psycho - physical organisms with literally thousands of energy events interacting with each other and with and under the dominance of an «organizing center of experience» (the brain), also present in animals with central nervous systems.
This depends upon there being a brain, an arrangement of cells in a particular part of the body which by reason of its peculiar coordination makes the given routing able to «know» in a distinctively human manner — quite different from, although certainly continuous with, the sort of «knowing» that is possible for the higher grades of animal life.
That it has had an effect on our little animal brains is apparent in the fact that there are many believers who have heeded the commandment to love one another whether it came from Krishna, Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, Baha'u «llah, or any other Messenger.
This confirms something about the human animal: when the animal is in heat it's brain is turned off.
«He knew that a sense of God might have developed Without divine love having really enveloped A universe thoughtless in its part or its whole Until animal brains made for mind, heart, and soul.»
In a work recently completed, but not yet published, I have explained how the adaptability of animal bodily systems, especially the brain, which Meredith and Stein have remarkably demonstrated in respect of the senses in their The Merging of the Senses and which is seen in infant language - learning in a way discussed by Meltzoff, Butterworth and others, reaches a peak in the case of the human use of language so that it is solely semantic and communicational constraints which determine grammar and nothing universal in grammar is determined by neurologIn a work recently completed, but not yet published, I have explained how the adaptability of animal bodily systems, especially the brain, which Meredith and Stein have remarkably demonstrated in respect of the senses in their The Merging of the Senses and which is seen in infant language - learning in a way discussed by Meltzoff, Butterworth and others, reaches a peak in the case of the human use of language so that it is solely semantic and communicational constraints which determine grammar and nothing universal in grammar is determined by neurologin respect of the senses in their The Merging of the Senses and which is seen in infant language - learning in a way discussed by Meltzoff, Butterworth and others, reaches a peak in the case of the human use of language so that it is solely semantic and communicational constraints which determine grammar and nothing universal in grammar is determined by neurologin their The Merging of the Senses and which is seen in infant language - learning in a way discussed by Meltzoff, Butterworth and others, reaches a peak in the case of the human use of language so that it is solely semantic and communicational constraints which determine grammar and nothing universal in grammar is determined by neurologin infant language - learning in a way discussed by Meltzoff, Butterworth and others, reaches a peak in the case of the human use of language so that it is solely semantic and communicational constraints which determine grammar and nothing universal in grammar is determined by neurologin a way discussed by Meltzoff, Butterworth and others, reaches a peak in the case of the human use of language so that it is solely semantic and communicational constraints which determine grammar and nothing universal in grammar is determined by neurologin the case of the human use of language so that it is solely semantic and communicational constraints which determine grammar and nothing universal in grammar is determined by neurologin grammar is determined by neurology.
@Clinton: people are moral animals due to a chemical in the brain called oxytocin.
In vegetables and perhaps in very simple animals no such dominant occasion occurs, but in the higher organisms, especially where a fully developed central nervous system and brain is found, there is strong indication of centralized control of many aspects of the animals behavioIn vegetables and perhaps in very simple animals no such dominant occasion occurs, but in the higher organisms, especially where a fully developed central nervous system and brain is found, there is strong indication of centralized control of many aspects of the animals behavioin very simple animals no such dominant occasion occurs, but in the higher organisms, especially where a fully developed central nervous system and brain is found, there is strong indication of centralized control of many aspects of the animals behavioin the higher organisms, especially where a fully developed central nervous system and brain is found, there is strong indication of centralized control of many aspects of the animals behavior.
next, in order to make identification easier, these subhumans should be required to wear an identification badge on their clothing, say a pink triangle... If society is going to feed these animals they should be put to productive work in their compounds, a cheerful slogan would help to keep up their morale... say» work will make you free»... Finally I disagree with the good pastor regarding the time it would take for this subculture to die out... God gave us brains for a reason... I believe there exists a chemical, zyklon b or some such that would be helpful in this regard...
According to the theory, the form of relatedness that characterizes unified, purposive functioning in human beings and lower animals should be manifested in their brain waves — perhaps in some kind of harmony that appears in the brain wave pattern.
An animal's brain waves can be directly manipulated by placing it in an electromagnetic field and modulating the electromagnetic waves within the range of the brain's natural rhythms.
These scientist, and doctors, can not remake skin, bone, eyes, brains, oval eggs, sperm, none of the sort, so they have no real answer to create a life other than how procreation works, where again what, and how is the very first man, or woman, animal, other creatures, either in the sea, or creeping on this earth was originally created from, as where did they first come from?
The animal does have a series of unifying, dominant occasions which jointly constitute the psyche, but even these can exist only in the interstitial spaces in the brain.
Some believe that the 90 % of our brain which we do not use is not simply empty matter in our skulls, but may have originally been the parts of our brain that communicated with the spiritual realm of the angels so that through them we could communicate with each other, with God, with the animals, with the plants, and even with the forces of nature (For more on this theology of angels, see «The Powers Trilogy» by Walter Wink.)
This involves cutting the animal's trachea and esophagus (the carotid artery and jugular veins are also severed in this operation, as are most arteries and veins leading to and from the brain) with a surgically sharp knife that has been thoroughly checked for nicks beforehand.
Of course nobody with a brain goes to Wal - Mart anyway, and isn't it funny that these so - called «religious» companies seem to include the oh - co-Christian practices of animal torture and sweat - shop promotion in their whoring after the almighty dollar.
We've pinpointed those regions of the brain that «light up» in moments of prayer and meditation; we've changed the sociability patterns of many animals.
This method of slaughter reduces the blood pressure in the brain to zero immediately so that the animal loses consciousness in a few seconds and dies in less than a minute.
The amazing advances in molecular biology blur the traditional hierarchical distinctions between man, animal, plant and mineral; and the neurophysiological «explanation» of human consciousness in terms of the components and machinations of the brain even more dramatically illustrates how pure «matter» has assumed dominance in any attempt to make sense of our universe and its manifestations.
At the summit of material animal evolution is a proto - human, but the next stage of complexity in brain function would be out of kilter with the natural environment since it is now too powerful to be subject to the ULCD from the material environment alone.
In animal studies it crosses the blood brain barrier.
Inbreeding by scab breeders and kennel owners has resulted in a deterioration of the line of many popular breeds such as poodles, Bedlingtons and boxers, sometimes creating a specific brain disorder, which means that the animal has to be destroyed.
«In animal studies, exercise has been shown to specifically affect the hippocampus, significantly increasing the growth of new neurons and cell survival, enhancing memory and learning, and increasing molecules that are involved in the plasticity of the brain,» Chaddock saiIn animal studies, exercise has been shown to specifically affect the hippocampus, significantly increasing the growth of new neurons and cell survival, enhancing memory and learning, and increasing molecules that are involved in the plasticity of the brain,» Chaddock saiin the plasticity of the brain,» Chaddock said.
And animal studies suggest that the amygdala — the brain structure that tells us when we should be afraid — is more sensitive, or «trigger - happy,» in timid children (Fox et al 2005; Eliot 2000).
The fact that cortisol is released in the brain when an animal is subjected to chronic stress does not translate to the same being true of minor stress.
Animal testing indicates that pesticides can cause permanent changes in brain chemistry that may lead to behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, and even long - term damage to the brain and nervous system.
Independent studies have conclusively shown adverse health effects of BPA on the brain and reproductive system, as well as metabolic diseases in laboratory animals.
Scores of animal and human studies show that early life stress, such as severe early social deprivation, leads to long - term changes in the brain, cognitive and social problems, and heightened susceptibility to anxiety, depression, and drug abuse in adulthood.
He also stresses that, «Animal studies have linked the combination of stress and lack of sleep to behavioural problems in teenage years... and changes to the brain brought on by stress hormones may make it more difficult to form relationships later on, leading to problems such as promiscuity.»
The changes are associated with less - organized communication between the brain's hemispheres and are comparable to the effects found in previous animal studies.
Newborn piglets are useful animals in which to evaluate neonatal n − 6 and n − 3 fatty acid requirements because lipid metabolism and the composition of lipids in the brain and milk of pigs are similar to those of humans (57).
The only way to test an animal for rabies is on their brain tissue, which can not be done in a live animal.
In these circumstances, safely capture the bat intact without crushing the animal as the brain must be intact in order to be tested for rabieIn these circumstances, safely capture the bat intact without crushing the animal as the brain must be intact in order to be tested for rabiein order to be tested for rabies.
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