Sentences with phrase «in brain behavior»

She says, «I then became interested in brain behavior and ultimately chose the field of neuropsychology / cognitive neuroscience as my area of expertise.»

One study in Brain Behavior and Immunity showed a dramatic 20 percent reduction in anxiety among medical students taking omega - 3, while past research has shown omega - 3 fats work just as well as antidepressants in preventing the signs of depression, but without any of the side effects.

Not exact matches

Or does it pull in contributions from other parts of the cerebral cortex and even from areas that are involved in emotional behavior, like the amygdala, which lies deep in the brain's core?

These behaviors can only be permanently ingrained if new neural pathways in the brain are created through long - term coaching, mentoring, and developing leaders.

Dopamine is one of the most important chemicals in our brain, driving many of the behaviors that make humans more sophisticated than other species.

In each case, the brain releases a small amount of dopamine, a reward - seeking chemical that promotes repeat behavior.

What leaders and managers need to after are the promoters of oxytocin — figuring out the job tasks, team atmosphere, and leadership behaviors (like empathy and compassion, for example) that will release the feel - good neurochemicals in the brain, like oxytocin.

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.

These emotions jockey for position in curating her memories and running the mind - brain console inside «headquarters» that influence her perceptions and control her behavior.

The important point for Schwartz here is not simply that modified thoughts and behaviors permanently altered patterns of brain activity, but that such modifications resulted from, as he calls it, «mindful attention» — conscious and purposive thoughts or actions in which the agent adopts the stance of a detached observer.

Microgenesis refers to the actualization (Aktualgenese) of a cognition over «layers» in mind and brain that retrace growth patterns in phyloontogeny.1 The recapitulation that is the cornerstone of historical theory is a repetition of the antecedents of a behavior that phyletic or ontogenetic process lays down.

There were some who postulated a retracing of archaic repertoires that remained embedded in the final behavior, for example Paul MacLean's notion of a reptilian and protomammalian brain within the mature human brain.2

Its seizure like activity in the brain that manifest as aggressive behavior.

According to neuropsychologist Tim Jennings from the Conquer Series, «Any type of repetitive behavior will create trails in our brain that are going to fire on an automatic sequence.»

According to neuropsychologist Tim Jennings, «Any type of repetitive behavior will create trails in our brain that are going to fire on an automatic sequence.»

In MacLean's original schema, each evolutionary episode is reflected in the physical makeup of the brain and the behaviors associated with those brain regionIn MacLean's original schema, each evolutionary episode is reflected in the physical makeup of the brain and the behaviors associated with those brain regionin the physical makeup of the brain and the behaviors associated with those brain regions.

And before your little rat brain hurts itself I certainly do not include criminal behavior in my definition of inclusion.

Brain - wave biofeedback training involving learning to increase one's alpha waves (associated with a relaxed, tranquil feeling state) has been used with some success in treating neuroses, psychoses, and behavior problems.

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.

The more we're able to explain human behavior in terms of molecular genetics or brain activity or biological function — absent a Creator — then the more questions I have about what I believe, and why.

Berne's second major concept is that of ego - states; he says that our behavior patterns, with their associated feelings, are «a limited repertoire... which are psychological realities... [the products of] the human brain... are organized and stored in the form of ego - states.»

The research shows that the portion of the brain that helps regulate sexuality — the hypothalamus — reacted the exact same way in straight women and gay men when exposed to male pheromones, which are chemicals designed to provoke a behavior, such as sexual arousal.

Available free of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes of concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting of concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from concussion, the rest of the season, and by teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark of a good teammate.

And, in recent and evolving research, scientists are charting a «global parental caregiving network» that gets shaped in a new parent's brain to bring about some of the very thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that Kelly and other new parents experience.

Developmental scientists consider it to be one of the most massive reorganizations in the lifespan, changing the brains, endocrine systems, behaviors, identities, relationships, and more, of everyone involved.

As parents gaze at their newborn; talk gently; use soft, higher - pitched voices; and are positive, warm, and encouraging, their brain's gray matter, or cell bodies, actually grow in the emotion and thought regions that support parenting behaviors.

And the behaviors that parents are inclined to do naturally — like eye contact and face - to - face interaction, speaking in «motherese» (higher - pitched and slower than normal speech), and holding — are just the ones shown to grow the right - brain regions in the baby that influence emotional life and especially emotion regulation.

If a student's coach or contest official observes signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain injury in an extracurricular interscholastic activity, the student must be immediately removed from participation.

You rack your brain for a way to change this behavior so that in the future she will do as you ask.

We still haven't figured out that basically the brain is part of the body and that if the brain has a vulnerability that is expressed in behavior, emotion and cognition.

There are actually behavioral therapies in which we actually show the child how to manage his own behavior with his own brain, instead of relying on the medication.

Because it is best to avoid isolating sensitive children to a time - out chair, time - in is a good alternative whereby you take the child to a calming area, help him to calm down if needed (calm brains absorb lessons) and then discuss why the behavior was unacceptable and what he can do instead.

Through her own personal life experience, in combination with several years of intense training with Dr. Stephanie Mines (http://tara-approach.org), Jeanice has come to a deep understanding of how early overwhelming experiences can influence one's health and personality throughout life and can cause a variety of disorders later in life including, but not limited to, repetitive relationship problems, chronic health issues, drug and alcohol addiction, uncontrollable violence and criminal behavior, chemical imbalances in the brain, fertility issues, severe depression, and an inability to lead a joyful, healthy life.

Eating breakfast is a good habit for your child, though, because fueling the brain after a night's sleep is linked to better grades in school, better behavior, fewer attention problems, and less chance of obesity.

When you think about the fact that very young children especially can't exactly tell you that their head hurts or may make an exam difficult because they get cranky or tired or act out in a way that you can't determine «normal» behavior, it makes sense that a CT scan could be especially helpful in diagnosing brain injuries.

In this slim volume, Tough pulls together decades of social science research on the impacts of poverty and trauma on kids» brains and behavior, and makes a cogent, convincing argument for why this research should lie at the center of any discussions about reform.

In his last book, How Children Succeed, author Paul Tough identified a litany ways that living in poverty can affect kids» brains, making it more difficult for them to regulate their emotions, control their behaviors and achieve in schooIn his last book, How Children Succeed, author Paul Tough identified a litany ways that living in poverty can affect kids» brains, making it more difficult for them to regulate their emotions, control their behaviors and achieve in schooin poverty can affect kids» brains, making it more difficult for them to regulate their emotions, control their behaviors and achieve in schooin school.

Similar mechanisms are found in human brains — caregiver behavior matters for turning genes on and off.

Armed with a deeper understanding of brain development and the impact on a child's behavior who has had a tough start in life, parents can better explore how to best help their child heal.

In various studies conducted, BPA was found to have an effect on the brain, behavior and prostate gland of fetuses.

Every time you do this, you're actually rewiring your brain... and creating changes in your future behavior.

She found that milestone achievement was abnormal in these monkeys: at six to eight weeks they were slow in starting to manipulate, and at ten months the increase in «motor disturbance behaviors» that normally occurs was prolonged.101 The author concludes, «These effects could occur as a result of effects on vulnerable brain processes during a sensitive period, interference with programming of [normal] brain development by endogenous [internal] agents or alteration in early experiences.»

The National Toxicology Program issued a report in September 2008, noting «some concern» about the effects on the brain, prostate gland, and behavior in fetuses, infants, and children.

First and foremost, it's important to realize that even though adolescents might engage in adult - like behaviors or try to act like adults, they do not have the brains of adults.

• teens & technology (the Internet, social networking sites, etc.) • the latest in teen drug use prevention (including prescription drugs) • teen bullying: how to spot it, how to handle it • special stepfamily considerations • how brain development affects teen behavior and decision - making • improved discipline and communication • updated teen sexuality issues

«Stimulating your child's brain during this time and providing situations where they can explore helps them to learn things that get them in touch with their environment,» says child and adolescent psychologist Robert Myers, Ph.D., founder of the Child Development Institute and assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.

A 2012 study in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity found that people who listened to a relaxation CD before and after surgery had less stress and a speedier recovery than other patients.

The breastfeeding mothers surveyed for the study showed greater responses to their infant's cry in brain regions related to caregiving behavior and empathy than mothers who relied upon formula as the baby's main food source.

But I think I took a couple of things away: One was really that in infancy... attachment - promoting behavior — that helping him manage stress the way that those mother rats helped their pups manage stress — was a hugely important thing, and that was going to make a big difference in terms of how his brain develops, how his stress response system develops, and that that was going to help him a lot going forward.

This webinar will offer an understanding of child behavior that is rooted in brain development.